Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 311-322, 2020
Nonexistence of entire positive solution for a conformal $k$-Hessian inequality
Feida Jiang, Saihua Cui, Gang Li
Received June 18, 2018. Published online November 29, 2019.
Abstract: In this paper, we study the nonexistence of entire positive solution for a conformal $k$-Hessian inequality in $\mathbb{R}^n$ via the method of proof by contradiction.
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Affiliations: Feida Jiang (corresponding author), School of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China, e-mail: jfd2001@163.com; Saihua Cui, Gang Li, College of Mathematics and Statistics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, No.219, Ningliu Road, Nanjing 210044, P. R. China, e-mail: Cuisaihua2017@163.com, Ligang@nuist.edu.cn
