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International Mathematics Research Notices (2007) Vol. 2007 : article ID rnm019, 32 pages, doi:10.1093/imrn/rnm019 published on May 24, 2007
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Copyright © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press.

On a Conformal Quotient Equation

Yuxin Ge1 and Guofang Wang2,

1 Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Mathématiques Appliquées, CNRS UMR 8050, Département de Mathématiques, Université Paris XII-Val de Marne, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
2 Faculty of Mathematics, University Magdeburg, D-39016, Magdebrug, Germany

Correspondence: Correspondence to be sent to: Guofang Wang, Faculty of Mathematics, University Magdeburg, D-39016, Magdebrug, Germany. e-mail: gwang{at}math.uni-magdeburg.de

In this paper, we continue our work [7] to consider a conformal quotient equation Formula in a given conformal class and prove the existence for n > 4.

Communicated by Gang Tian



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