The contact Yamabe flow [Elektronische Ressource] / von Yongbing Zhang

The Contact Yamabe FlowVon der Fakult˜at fur˜ Mathematik und Physikder Universit˜at Hannoverzur Erlangung des Grades einesDoktors der NaturwissenschaftenDr. rer. nat.genehmigte DissertationvonM. Sc. Yongbing Zhanggeboren am 19.11.1978 in Anhui, China2006Referent: Prof. Dr. K. SmoczykKoreferent: Prof. Dr. E. SchroheTag der Promotion: 09.02.2006iAcknowledgementsI am greatly indebted to my supervisor, Prof. Knut Smoczyk who has givenme many help and support during the past years from fall of 2002. His helpfulsuggestions made it possible that my dissertation appears in the present form.I am also grateful to Prof. Jiayu Li and Prof. Jurgen˜ Jost for their help andsupport.I am grateful to Prof. Guofang Wang, Prof. Xinan Ma and Prof. Xiux-iongChenfortheirconversationsinmathematicsduringmypreparationforthedissertation.IhavetogivemanythankstoDr.XianqingLi,Dr.WeiLi,Dr. QingyueLiu,Ye Li, Xiaoli Han, Liang Zhao, Prof. Chaofeng Zhu, Prof. Yihu Yang, Prof.QunChen,Prof.HuijunFan,Prof.ChunqinZhou,Dr.KanghaiTan,Dr. BoSu,Dr. Ursula Ludwig, Konrad Groh, Melanie Schunert and many other friendswith them I had learned a lot in mathematics and enjoyed a pleasant period inChina and Germany. I am also grateful to the referee, Prof. Schrohe, for thediscussion. He carefully reads this thesis and gives helpful suggestions.I am not only grateful to my family and many other friends for their manyyears’ favor.