Scalar curvature and conformal deformations of noncompact Riemannian manifolds

Mathematische Zeitschrift

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-426

  Ratto, Andrea ^a   Rigoli, Marco ^b   Veron, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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EID: 0031492262     PISSN: 00255874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004619     Document Type: Article

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