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Conformal metrics on $R^{2m}$ with constant Q-curvature, prescribed volume and asymptotic behavior

Differential Geometry 2014-01-07 v1 Analysis of PDEs Functional Analysis

Abstract

We study the solutions uC(R2m)u\in C^\infty(R^{2m}) of the problem (Δ)mu=Qe2mu(-\Delta)^m u= Qe^{2mu}, where Q=±(2m1)!Q=\pm (2m-1)!, and V:=R2me2mudx<V :=\int_{R^{2m}}e^{2mu}dx <\infty, particularly when m>1m>1. This corresponds to finding conformal metrics gu:=e2udx2g_u:=e^{2u}|dx|^2 on R2mR^{2m} with constant Q-curvature QQ and finite volume VV. Extending previous works of Chang-Chen, and Wei-Ye, we show that both the value VV and the asymptotic behavior of u(x)u(x) as x|x|\to \infty can be simultaneously prescribed, under certain restrictions. When Q=(2m1)!Q=(2m-1)! we need to assume V<vol(S2m)V<vol(S^{2m}), but surprisingly for Q=(2m1)!Q=-(2m-1)! the volume VV can be chosen arbitrarily.

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@article{arxiv.1401.0944,
  title  = {Conformal metrics on $R^{2m}$ with constant Q-curvature, prescribed volume and asymptotic behavior},
  author = {Ali Hyder and Luca Martinazzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0944},
  year   = {2014}
}

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19 pages