Geometric inequalities on locally conformally flat manifolds

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-212

  Guan, Pengfei ^a   Wang, Guofang ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 4043137323     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-04-12416-9     Document Type: Article

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