Conformal metrics with prescribed scalar curvature

On the proof of the positive mass conjecture in general relativity

Shing-Tung Yau · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1979 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +12

Conformal deformation of a Riemannian metric to constant scalar curvature

Journal of Differential Geometry · 1984 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometry +11

Curvature Functions for Compact 2-Manifolds

Jerry L. Kazdan, F. W. Warner · Annals of Mathematics · 1974 · 581 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Topology +9

Scalar curvature functions in a conformal class of metrics and conformal transformations

Jean‐Pierre Bourguignon, Jean-Pierre Ezin · Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 1987 · 142 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Geometry +16