## Duke Mathematical Journal

### On the elliptic equation $\Delta u+Ku^{(n+2)/(n-2)}=0$ and related topics

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 52, Number 2 (1985), 485-506.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077304442

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR792184

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0592.35048

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-85-05224-X

Subjects
Primary: 35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations

#### Citation

Ding, Wei-Yue; Ni, Wei-Ming. On the elliptic equation Δ u + K u ( n + 2 ) / ( n − 2 ) = 0 and related topics. Duke Math. J. 52 (1985), no. 2, 485--506. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-85-05224-X. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077304442.

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