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The first eigenvalue of the laplacian on manifolds of non-negative curvature
Compositio Mathematica, Tome 29 (1974) no. 1, pp. 43-53. 
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Chavel, Isaac; Feldman, Edgar A. The first eigenvalue of the laplacian on manifolds of non-negative curvature. Compositio Mathematica, Tome 29 (1974) no. 1, pp. 43-53. http://www.numdam.org/item/CM_1974__29_1_43_0/

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