Canonical metrics on 3-manifolds and 4-manifolds

Asian Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-164

  Anderson, Michael T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature functionals; Einstein metrics; Geometrization conjecture; Self dual metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846993790     PISSN: 10936106     EISSN: 19450036     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4310/AJM.2006.v10.n1.a8     Document Type: Article

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