Prescribing scalar curvature on double-struck S signn and related problems, part II: Existence and compactness

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-597

  Li, Yanyan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041858066     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0312(199606)49:6<541::aid-cpa1>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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