Scalar curvature deformation and a gluing construction for the Einstein constraint equations

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-189

  Corvino, Justin ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034288767     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005533     Document Type: Article

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