The AB program in geometric analysis: Sharp Sobolev inequalities and related problems

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn , Issue 761, 2002, Pages

  Druet, Olivier ^a   Hebey, Emmanuel ^a  

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Extremal functions; Riemannian manifolds; Sharp constants; Sobolev inequalities; Sobolev spaces

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EID: 0036864863     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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