A new variational characterization of three-dimensional space forms

DOI10.1007/S002220100147zbMath1006.58008OpenAlexW2019252926WikidataQ124892943 ScholiaQ124892943MaRDI QIDQ5944958

Matthew J. Gursky, Jeff A. Viaclovsky

Publication date: 16 March 2003

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002220100147

zbMATH Keywords

critical pointsconformal Riemannian metricsfunctionals involving curvatureWeyl structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Critical metrics (58E11)

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