Volume estimates and nearly euclidean decompositions for normed spaces
Séminaire d'Analyse fonctionnelle (dit "Maurey-Schwartz") (1979-1980), Exposé no. 25, 8 p. 
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Szarek, S. J. Volume estimates and nearly euclidean decompositions for normed spaces. Séminaire d'Analyse fonctionnelle (dit "Maurey-Schwartz") (1979-1980), Exposé no. 25, 8 p. http://www.numdam.org/item/SAF_1979-1980____A22_0/

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