%0 Journal Article %A YanYan Li %A Louis Nirenberg %T A geometric problem and the Hopf Lemma. I %J Journal of the European Mathematical Society %D 2006 %P 317-339 %V 8 %N 2 %I mathdoc %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4171/jems/55/ %R 10.4171/jems/55 %F JEMS_2006_8_2_a13