On the prescribed scalar curvature problem on 4-manifolds

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 633-677

  Ben Ayed, Mohamed ^a   Chen, Yansong ^b   Chtioui, Hichem ^a   Hammami, Mokhles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039468447     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-96-08420-3     Document Type: Article

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