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THE NONEXISTENCE OF CONFORMAL DEFORMATIONS ON SPACE-TIMES

  • Received : 2010.02.08
  • Accepted : 2010.03.11
  • Published : 2010.03.25

Abstract

In this paper, when N is a compact Riemannian manifold, we discuss the nonexistence of conformal deformations on space-times M = $({\alpha},{\infty}){\times}_fN$ with prescribed scalar curvature functions.

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