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The Scalar Curvature Problem on the Four Dimensional Half Sphere

Analysis of PDEs 2016-09-07 v4 Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of prescribing the scalar curvature under minimal boundary conditions on the standard four dimensional half sphere. We provide an Euler-Hopf type criterion for a given function to be a scalar curvature to a metric conformal to the standard one. Our proof involves the study of critical points at infinity of the associated variational problem.

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@article{arxiv.math/0303039,
  title  = {The Scalar Curvature Problem on the Four Dimensional Half Sphere},
  author = {M. Ben Ayed and K. El Mehdi and M. Ould Ahmedou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0303039},
  year   = {2016}
}

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19 pages

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