Scalar curvature, metric degenerations and the static vacuum einstein equations on 3-manifolds, I

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 855-967

  Anderson, Michael T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033273790     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000390050104     Document Type: Article

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