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On the Yamabe equation with rough potentials

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the existence of non--trivial solutions to the Yamabe equation: Δu+a(x)=μuu4n2μ>0,xΩRnwithn4,-\Delta u+ a(x)= \mu u|u|^\frac4{n-2} \hbox{} \mu >0, x\in \Omega \subset {\mathbf R}^n \hbox{with} n\geq 4, u(x)=0onΩ u(x)=0 \hbox{on} \partial \Omega under weak regularity assumptions on the potential a(x)a(x). More precisely in dimension n5n\geq 5 we assume that: \begin{enumerate} \item a(x)a(x) belongs to the Lorentz space Ln2,d(Ω)L^{\frac n2, d}(\Omega) for some 1d<1\leq d <\infty, \item a(x)M<a.e.xΩa(x) \leq M<\infty \hbox{a.e.} x\in \Omega, \item the set {xΩa(x)<0}\{x\in \Omega|a(x)<0\} has positive measure, \item there exists c>0c>0 such that Ω(u2+a(x)u2)dxcΩu2dxuH01(Ω).\int_\Omega (|\nabla u|^2 + a(x) |u|^2) \hbox{} dx \geq c\int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2 \hbox{} dx \hbox{} \forall u\in H^1_0(\Omega). \end{enumerate} \noindent In dimension n=4n=4 the hypothesis (2)(2) above is replaced by a(x)0a.e.xΩ.a(x)\leq 0 \hbox{} a.e. \hbox{} x\in \Omega.

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@article{arxiv.math/0609302,
  title  = {On the Yamabe equation with rough potentials},
  author = {Francesca Prinari and Nicola Visciglia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609302},
  year   = {2007}
}