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Convergence of the Yamabe flow in dimension 6 and higher

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Brendle, S. Convergence of the Yamabe flow in dimension 6 and higher. Invent. math. 170, 541–576 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-007-0074-x

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