## Nagoya Mathematical Journal

### Scalar curvatures of conformal metrics on $S^n$

Shigeo Kawai

#### Article information

Source
Nagoya Math. J., Volume 140 (1995), 151-166.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 14 June 2005

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.nmj/1118774642

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1369484

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1155.53319

#### Citation

Kawai, Shigeo. Scalar curvatures of conformal metrics on $S^n$. Nagoya Math. J. 140 (1995), 151--166. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.nmj/1118774642

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