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In this paper, we study the non-existence of positive solutions for the following conformal $Q$-curvature equation \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^\sigma u = K(x) u^{\frac{n+2\sigma}{n-2\sigma}} \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^n, \end{equation*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Meiqing Xu , Hui Yang

In this paper we study the problem of prescribing a fourth order conformal invariant (the Paneitz curvature) on the $n$-sphere, with $n\geq 5$. Using tools from the theory of critical points at infinity, we provide some topological…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mohamed Ben Ayed , Khalil El Mehdi

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

In this paper, we study the prescribed $Q$-curvature problem on closed four-dimensional Riemannian manifolds when the total integral of the $Q$-curvature is a positive integer multiple of the one of the four-dimensional round sphere. This…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye , Mohameden Ould Ahmedou

The problem of prescribing conformally the scalar curvature of a closed Riemannian manifold as a given Morse function reduces to solving an elliptic partial differential equation with critical Sobolev exponent. Two ways of attacking this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-18 Martin Mayer

We study the existence of at least one conformal metric of prescribed Gaussian curvature on a closed surface $\Sigma$ admitting conical singularities of orders $\alpha_i$'s at points $p_i$'s. In particular, we are concerned with the case…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-20 Teresa D'Aprile , Francesca De Marchis , Isabella Ianni

We provide a complete resolution to the question of compactness for the full solution sets of the fourth-order and sixth-order constant $Q$-curvature problems on smooth closed Riemannian manifolds not conformally diffeomorphic to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Liuwei Gong , Seunghyeok Kim , Juncheng Wei

We present a general formula for the Gaussian curvature of curved holomorphic 2-spheres in Grassmannian manifolds G(m, n). We then show how to construct such solutions with constant curvature. We also make some relevant conjectures for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-23 Laurent Delisle , Veronique Hussin , Wojtek J. Zakrzewski

We consider the prescribed scalar curvature problem on $ {\mathbb{S}}^N $ $$ \Delta_{{\mathbb S}^N} v-\frac{N(N-2)}{2} v+\tilde{K}(y) v^{\frac{N+2}{N-2}}=0 \quad \mbox{on} \ {\mathbb S}^N, \qquad v >0 \quad \mbox{on} \ {\mathbb S}^N, $$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-07 Lipeng Duan , Monica Musso , Suting Wei

A spherical conical metric $g$ on a surface $\Sigma$ is a metric of constant curvature $1$ with finitely many isolated conical singularities. The uniformization problem for such metrics remains largely open when at least one of the cone…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Mikhail Karpukhin , Xuwen Zhu

Motivated by the prescribing scalar curvature problem, we study the equation $\Delta_g u +Ku^p=0 (1+\zeta \leq p \leq \frac{n+2}{n-2})$ on locally conformally flat manifolds $(M,g)$ with $R(g)=0$. We prove that when $K$ satisfies certain…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yu Yan

We generalize here our general procedure for constructing constant curvature maps of 2-spheres into Grassmannian manifolds G(m,n) this time concentrating our attention on maps which are non-holomorphic. We present some expressions…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Laurent Delisle , Véronique Hussin , Wojtek J. Zakrzewski

We start by taking the analytical approach to discuss how the minimizer of Yamabe functional provides constant scalar curvature and its relationship with the Sobolev Space $W^{1,2}.$ Then, after demonstrating the importance of the sphere…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-09 Aoran Chen

Let $(M^{n},g_{0})$ be a $n=3,4,5$ dimensional, closed Riemannian manifold of positive Yamabe invariant. For a smooth function $K>0$ on $M$ we consider a scalar curvature flow, that tends to prescribe $K$ as the scalar curvature of a metric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-03 Martin Mayer

Let $(M,g_0)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 25$ with positive Yamabe invariant $Y(M,g_0)>0$ and positive fourth-order invariant $Y_4(M,g_0)>0$. We show that, arbitrarily $C^1$-close to $g_0$, there exists a Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Rayssa Caju , Almir Silva Santos

In this short note, we formulate three problems relating to nonnegative scalar curvature (NNSC) fill-ins. Loosely speaking, the first two problems focus on: When are $(n-1)$-dimensional Bartnik data $\big(\Sigma_i ^{n-1}, \gamma_i,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-21 Xue Hu , Yuguang Shi

The paper is continuation of [6] where we have discussed some classical and quantization problems of rigid bodies of infinitesimal size moving in Riemannian spaces. Strictly speaking, we have considered oscillatory dynamical models on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Agnieszka Martens

We introduce a family of conformal invariants associated to a smooth metric measure space which generalize the relationship between the Yamabe constant and the best constant for the Sobolev inequality to the best constants for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-20 Jeffrey S. Case

We prove some existence results for the Webster scalar curvature problem on the Heisenberg group and on the unit sphere of ${\mathbb C}^{n+1}$, under the assumption of some natural symmetries of the prescribed curvatures. We use variational…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Veronica Felli , Francesco Uguzzoni

In this paper we study the prescribed fractional $Q$-curvatures problem of order $2 \sigma$ on the $n$-dimensional standard sphere $(\mathbb{S}^{n}, g_0)$, where $n\geq3$, $\sigma\in(0,\frac{n-2}{2})$. By combining critical points at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-24 Zhongwei Tang , Ning Zhou