Volume comparison and the σk-Yamabe problem

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-487

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal geometry; Volume comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143112497     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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