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In this paper, we consider the Yamabe equation on a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold and find some geometric conditions on the manifold such that the Yamabe problem admits a bounded positive solution.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Guodong Wei

For warped products with harmonic curvature, nonconstant warping functions $\phi$, and compact two-dimensional bases $(M,h)$, we establish a dichotomy: either the Gaussian curvature $K$ of the metric $g=\phi^{-2}h$ is constant and negative,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Andrzej Derdzinski , Paolo Piccione

Let M be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension n. The k-curvature, for k=1,2,..n, is defined as the k-th elementary symmetric polynomial of the eigenvalues of the Schouten tenser. The k-Yamabe problem is to prove the existence of a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Weimin Sheng , Neil S Trudinger , Xu-jia Wang

Let (M,g) be a compact manifold of dimension n greater or equals to 3. We suppose that g is a given metric in a precised Sobolev space and there is a point P in M and d>o such that g is smooth on the ball B(P,d). We define the second Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-05 Mohammed Benalili , Hichem Boughazi

Assume that $(X, g^+)$ is an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold, $(M, [\bar{h}])$ is its conformal infinity, $\rho$ is the geodesic boundary defining function associated to $\bar{h}$ and $\bar{g} = \rho^2 g^+$. For any $\gamma \in (0,1)$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-31 Seunghyeok Kim , Monica Musso , Juncheng Wei

In this paper we study weighted singular $p$-Laplace equations involving a bounded weight function which can be discontinuous. Due to its discontinuity classical regularity results cannot be applied. Based on Nehari manifolds we prove the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-13 Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou , Patrick Winkert

We study the Yamabe invariants of cylindrical manifolds and compact orbifolds with a finite number of singularities, by means of conformal geometry and the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer $L^2$-index theory. For an $n$-orbifold $M$ with singularities…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kazuo Akutagawa , Boris Botvinnik

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemann surface with unit area, $h\in C^{\infty}(M)$ a function which is positive somewhere, $\rho>0$, $p_i\in M$ and $\alpha_i\in(-1,+\infty)$ for $i=1,\cdots,\ell$, we consider the mean field equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Xiaobao Zhu

In conformal geometry, the Compactness Conjecture asserts that the set of Yamabe metrics on a smooth, compact, aspherical Riemannian manifold (M,g) is compact. Established in the locally conformally flat case by Schoen [43,44] and for n\leq…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-31 Pierpaolo Esposito , Angela Pistoia , Jérôme Vétois

In this paper we extend Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds for dimension $n\ne 2$. As one application, we solve a generalized Yamabe problem on locally conforamlly flat manifolds via a new designed energy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-23 Yazhou Han , Meijun Zhu

We study a particular class of open manifolds. In the category of Riemannian manifolds these are complete manifolds with cylindrical ends. We give a natural setting for the conformal geometry on such manifolds including an appropriate…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kazuo Akutagawa , Boris Botvinnik

Let M,g a compact Riemannian n-dimensional manifold. It is well know that, under certain hypothesis, in the conformal class of g there are scalar-flat metrics that have the boundary of M as a constant mean curvature hypersurface. Also,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-30 Marco Ghimenti , Anna Maria Micheletti

The study of the $k$-th elementary symmetric function of the Weyl-Schouten curvature tensor of a Riemannian metric, the so called $\sigma_k$ curvature, has produced many fruitful results in conformal geometry in recent years. In these…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 S. -Y. Alice Chang , Zheng-Chao Han , Paul Yang

Let $(M, g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. The Yamabe problem concerning the existence of a metric conformally equivalent to $g$ having constant scalar curvature on $M$ and constant mean curvature on its boundary is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Mónica Clapp , Benedetta Pellacci , Angela Pistoia

Consider a nonlinear Kirchhoff type equation as follows \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\left( a\int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}}|\nabla u|^{2}dx+b\right) \Delta u+u=f(x)\left\vert u\right\vert ^{p-2}u & \text{ in }\mathbb{R}^{N}, \\ u\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Juntao Sun , Tsung-Fang Wu

Motivated by the work of Li and Mantoulidis, we study singular metrics which are uniformly Euclidean $(L^\infty)$ on a compact manifold $M^n$ ($n\ge 3$) with negative Yamabe invariant $\sigma(M)$. It is well-known that if $g$ is a smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-07-20 Man-Chuen Cheng , Man-Chun Lee , Luen-Fai Tam

Under the validity of the positive mass theorem, the Yamabe flow on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $N \ge 3$ is known to exist for all time $t$ and converges to a solution to the Yamabe problem as $t \to \infty$. We prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-06 Seunghyeok Kim , Monica Musso

We study positive scalar curvature on the regular part of Riemannian manifolds with singular, uniformly Euclidean ($L^\infty$) metrics that consolidate Gromov's scalar curvature polyhedral comparison theory and edge metrics that appear in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-19 Chao Li , Christos Mantoulidis

We study the existence of non--trivial solutions to the Yamabe equation: $$-\Delta u+ a(x)= \mu u|u|^\frac4{n-2} \hbox{} \mu >0, x\in \Omega \subset {\mathbf R}^n \hbox{with} n\geq 4,$$ $$ u(x)=0 \hbox{on} \partial \Omega$$ under weak…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Francesca Prinari , Nicola Visciglia

We study the existence of solutions of the non-linear differential equations on the compact Riemannian manifolds $(M^n,g), n\geq 2$, \Delta_p u + a(x)u^{p-1} = \lambda f(u,x), (E2) where $\Delta_p$ is the $p-$laplacian, with $1<p<n$. The…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Carlos Silva , Romildo Pina , Marcelo Souza