The Yamabe Problem and Applications on Noncompact Complete Riemannian Manifolds

Geometriae Dedicata

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-381

  Kim, Seongtag ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complete Riemannian manifolds; Nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations; Scalar curvature; Yamabe problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001235337     PISSN: 00465755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004912228515     Document Type: Article

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