Topological tools for the prescribed scalar curvature problem on S n
Dina Abuzaid ; Randa Ben Mahmoud ; Hichem Chtioui ; Afef Rigane
Open Mathematics, Tome 12 (2014), p. 1829-1839 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library
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In this paper, we consider the problem of the existence of conformal metrics with prescribed scalar curvature on the standard sphere S n, n ≥ 3. We give new existence and multiplicity results based on a new Euler-Hopf formula type. Our argument also has the advantage of extending well known results due to Y. Li [16].

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Dina Abuzaid; Randa Ben Mahmoud; Hichem Chtioui; Afef Rigane. Topological tools for the prescribed scalar curvature problem on S n. Open Mathematics, Tome 12 (2014) pp. 1829-1839. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.doi-10_2478_s11533-014-0443-9/

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