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Sovability of curvature equations with multiple singular sources on torus via Painleve VI equations

Analysis of PDEs 2025-07-23 v1

Abstract

We study the curvature equation with multiple singular sources on a torus Δu+eu=8πk=03nkδωk2\Delta u+e^{u}=8\pi \sum_{k=0}^{3}n_{k}\delta_{\frac{\omega_{k}}{2}}% +4\pi \left( \delta_{p}+\delta_{-p}\right) \quad \text{ on }\;E_{\tau}:=\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb Z+\mathbb{Z}\tau), where nkNn_k\in\mathbb N and δa\delta_a denotes the Dirac measure at aa. This is known as a critical case for which the apriori estimate does not hold, and the existence of solutions has been a long-standing problem. In this paper, by establishing a deep connection with Painlev\'{e} VI equations, we show that the existence of even solutions (i.e. u(z)=u(z)u(z)=u(-z)) depends on the location of the singular point pp, and we give a sharp criterion of pp in terms of Painlev\'{e} VI equations.

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@article{arxiv.2507.16230,
  title  = {Sovability of curvature equations with multiple singular sources on torus via Painleve VI equations},
  author = {Zhijie Chen and Ting-Jung Kuo and Chang-Shou Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.16230},
  year   = {2025}
}