The relative Yamabe invariant

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 935-969

  Akutagawa, Kazuo ^a   Botvinnik, Boris ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0037945051     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2002.v10.n5.a2     Document Type: Article

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