Yamabe metrics on cylindrical manifolds

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-333

  Akutagawa, K ^a   Botvinnik, B ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0037900637     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000390300007     Document Type: Article

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