Conformal geometry, contact geometry, and the calculus of variations

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-00-10127-5zbMath0990.53035MaRDI QIDQ1976048

Jeff A. Viaclovsky

Publication date: 22 August 2002

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

critical points; Yamabe problem; compact Riemannian manifold; curvature equations; locally conformally flat spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations

49J10: Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables

58E11: Critical metrics

53C21: Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions

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