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An ODE approach to the equation\(\Delta u + Ku^{\frac{{n + 2}}{{n - 2}}} = 0\), inR n, inR n

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  1. Henrik Egnell

    Present address: Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University, Thunbergsvāgen 3, S-75238, Uppsala, Sweden

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  1. IAGA-CNR, Via S. Marta 13A, I-501 39, Firenze, Italy

    Gabriele Bianchi

  2. School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Henrik Egnell

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Bianchi, G., Egnell, H. An ODE approach to the equation\(\Delta u + Ku^{\frac{{n + 2}}{{n - 2}}} = 0\), inR n, inR n . Math Z 210, 137–166 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02571788

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