On the elliptic equation Δu + ku - KvP = 0 on complete riemannian manifolds and their geometric applications

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1045-1078

  Peter, L I ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete riemannian manifolds; Conformal deformation; Generalized maximum principle, analysis on manifolds; Prescribing scalar curvature; Semi linear elliptic PDE

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EID: 21944441652     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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