On the \(\sigma_2\)-scalar curvature

DOI10.4310/jdg/1271271793zbMath1207.53049WikidataQ115171388 ScholiaQ115171388MaRDI QIDQ977607

Chang-Shou Lin, Guofang Wang, Yuxin Ge

Publication date: 22 June 2010

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1271271793

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear elliptic PDE; Yamabe problem; conformal quotient equation; Schouten tensor; curvature equations; positive scalar curvature metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations

58J05: Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

35J35: Variational methods for higher-order elliptic equations

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