Existence results for the prescribed Scalar curvature on S 3

Randa Ben Mahmoud[1]; Hichem Chtioui

  • [1] Faculté des Sciences de Sfax Département de Mathématiques Route Soukra 3018 Sfax (Tunisie)

Annales de l’institut Fourier (2011)

  • Volume: 61, Issue: 3, page 971-986
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

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This paper is devoted to the existence of conformal metrics on S 3 with prescribed scalar curvature. We extend well known existence criteria due to Bahri-Coron.

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Mahmoud, Randa Ben, and Chtioui, Hichem. "Existence results for the prescribed Scalar curvature on $S^{3}$." Annales de l’institut Fourier 61.3 (2011): 971-986. <http://eudml.org/doc/219831>.

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affiliation = {Faculté des Sciences de Sfax Département de Mathématiques Route Soukra 3018 Sfax (Tunisie)},
author = {Mahmoud, Randa Ben, Chtioui, Hichem},
journal = {Annales de l’institut Fourier},
keywords = {Scalar curvature; critical points at infinity; topological method; scalar curvature},
language = {eng},
number = {3},
pages = {971-986},
publisher = {Association des Annales de l’institut Fourier},
title = {Existence results for the prescribed Scalar curvature on $S^\{3\}$},
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volume = {61},
year = {2011},
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