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Q curvature on a class of manifolds with dimension at least 5

Differential Geometry 2015-10-07 v4 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

For a smooth compact Riemannian manifold with positive Yamabe invariant, positive Q curvature and dimension at least 5, we prove the existence of a conformal metric with constant Q curvature. Our approach is based on the study of extremal problem for a new functional involving the Paneitz operator.

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@article{arxiv.1411.3926,
  title  = {Q curvature on a class of manifolds with dimension at least 5},
  author = {Fengbo Hang and Paul C. Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.3926},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Material reorganized. References updated. To appear in Comm. Pure. Appl. Math