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Asymptotic behavior of conformal metrics with null Q-curvature

Differential Geometry 2023-08-25 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We describe the asymptotic behavior of conformal metrics related to the GJMS operator in the null case, as the prescribed Q-curvature f0(x)+λf_0(x) + \lambda gradually changes. We show that if one of the maximum points of f0f_0 is flat up to order n1n-1, the normalized conformal metrics in the lowest energy level will form exactly one spherical bubble as λ\lambda approaches zero using higher order Bol's inequality. This generalizes the result of Struwe (JEMS, 2020) in the two-dimensional case to higher dimensions and helps rule out the slow bubble case discussed by Ng\^o and Zhang (arXiv:1903.12054) to some degree.

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@article{arxiv.2308.12656,
  title  = {Asymptotic behavior of conformal metrics with null Q-curvature},
  author = {Mingxiang Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.12656},
  year   = {2023}
}

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22 pages. Comments are welcome!