@article{JEMS_2015_17_9_a2, author = {Matthew J. Gursky and Andrea Malchiodi}, title = {A strong maximum principle for the {Paneitz} operator and a non-local flow for the $Q$-curvature}, journal = {Journal of the European Mathematical Society}, pages = {2137--2173}, publisher = {mathdoc}, volume = {17}, number = {9}, year = {2015}, doi = {10.4171/jems/553}, url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4171/jems/553/} }