Global existence and convergence for higher order flow in conformal geomet

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 323-343

  Brendle, Simon ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141614019     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2003.158.323     Document Type: Article

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