Positive scalar curvature and the Dirac operator on complete riemannian manifolds
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 58 (1983), pp. 83-196. 
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Gromov, Mikhael; Lawson, H. Blaine. Positive scalar curvature and the Dirac operator on complete riemannian manifolds. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 58 (1983), pp. 83-196. http://archive.numdam.org/item/PMIHES_1983__58__83_0/

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