An a priori estimate for a fully nonlinear equation on four-manifolds

Journal d'Analyse Mathematique

Volumn 87, Issue , 2002, Pages 151-186

  Chang, Sun Yung A ^a   Gursky, Matthew J ^b   Yang, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 0036433621     PISSN: 00217670     EISSN: 15658538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02868472     Document Type: Article

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