Local estimates for a class of fully nonlinear equations arising from conformal geometry

International Mathematics Research Notices

Volumn , Issue 26, 2003, Pages 1413-1432

  Guan, Pengfei ^a   Wang, Guofang ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0037780743     PISSN: 10737928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/s1073792803212034     Document Type: Article

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