Compactness of solutions to the Yamabe problem. II

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-237

  Li, Yanyan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 24944542850     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-004-0320-7     Document Type: Article

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