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A counterexample to the Yamabe problem for complete noncompact manifolds

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  • Constant Scalar Curvature

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Zhiren, J. (1988). A counterexample to the Yamabe problem for complete noncompact manifolds. In: Chern, Ss. (eds) Partial Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1306. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082927

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