A geometrical mass and its extremal properties for metrics on \(S^2\)

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-04-12913-6zbMath1144.53055MaRDI QIDQ2566604

Jean Steiner

Publication date: 26 September 2005

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

zbMATH Keywords

Green's functionconformal geometrypositive mass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

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