Timeline for Can we prescribe the $L^2$ norm of the scalar curvature on a four-manifold?

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May 17, 2022 at 19:15	history	edited	Michael Albanese	CC BY-SA 4.0	edited tags; edited title
May 17, 2022 at 12:28	vote	accept	DLIN
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May 17, 2022 at 4:23	comment	added	Willie Wong		scalar curvature scales like metric inverse. Volume form scales like metric to the power $n/2$. So if $n/2 - 2 \neq 0$ and if your manifold admits any non-flat metric, then you can get what you want by rescaling.
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