## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Uniqueness theorems through the method of moving spheres

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 80, Number 2 (1995), 383-417.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077246088

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-08016-8

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1369398

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0846.35050

#### Citation

Li, Yanyan; Zhu, Meijun. Uniqueness theorems through the method of moving spheres. Duke Math. J. 80 (1995), no. 2, 383--417. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-08016-8. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077246088

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