A fully nonlinear equation on four-manifolds with positive scalar curvature

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-154

  Gursky, Matthew J ^a   Viaclovsky, Jeff A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0142138734     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1080835660     Document Type: Article

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