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Existence and Multiplicity results for the prescribed Webster Scalar Curvature Problem on three $C R $ manifolds

Differential Geometry 2011-02-19 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the existence of contact forms of prescribed Webster scalar curvature on a 33-dimensional CR compact manifold locally conformally CR equivalent to the unit sphere S3\mathbb{S}^{3} of C2\mathbb{C}^{2}. Due to Kazdan-Warner type obstructions, conditions on the function HH to be realized as a Webster scalar curvature have to be given. We prove new existence results based on a new type of Euler-Hopf type formula. Our argument gives an upper bound on the Morse index of the obtained solution. We also give a lower bound on the number of conformal contact forms having the same Webster scalar curvature.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0475,
  title  = {Existence and Multiplicity results for the prescribed Webster Scalar Curvature Problem on three $C R $ manifolds},
  author = {H. Chtioui and M. Ould Ahmedou and R. Yacoub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0475},
  year   = {2011}
}