Duke Mathematical Journal

On conformal scalar curvature equations in $\mathbb{R}^n$

Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 57, Number 3 (1988), 895-924.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077307218

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-88-05740-7

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR975127

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0674.53048

Subjects
Primary: 58G30
Secondary: 35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations

Citation

Li, Yi; Ni, Wei-Ming. On conformal scalar curvature equations in ℝ n . Duke Math. J. 57 (1988), no. 3, 895--924. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-88-05740-7. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077307218.

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