## Duke Mathematical Journal

### On the structure of the conformal Gaussian curvature equation on $\mathbb{R}^2$

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 62, Number 3 (1991), 721-737.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077296513

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1104815

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0733.35037

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-91-06231-9

#### Citation

Cheng, Kuo-Shung; Ni, Wei-Ming. On the structure of the conformal Gaussian curvature equation on ℝ 2 . Duke Math. J. 62 (1991), no. 3, 721--737. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-91-06231-9. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077296513.

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