Estimates of the conformal scalar curvature equation via the method of moving planes

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 971-1017

  Chen, Chiun Chuan ^a   Lin, Chang Shou ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0031532168     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0312(199710)50:10<971::AID-CPA2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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