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We prove nonuniqueness results for constant sixth order $Q$-metrics on complete locally conformally flat $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with $n\geqslant 7$. More precisely, assuming a positive Green function exists for the sixth order…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-03 João Henrique Andrade , Paolo Piccione , Juncheng Wei

Given a compact four dimensional manifold, we prove existence of conformal metrics with constant $Q$-curvature under generic assumptions. The problem amounts to solving a fourth-order nonlinear elliptic equation with variational structure.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zindine Djadli , Andrea Malchiodi

On a smooth, closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of dimension $n\ge3$ with positive scalar curvature and not conformally diffeomorphic to the standard sphere, we prove that the only conformal metrics to $g$ with constant Q-curvature of order…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Jérôme Vétois

In this paper, we establish the existence of conformal deformations that uniformize fourth order curvature on 4-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with positive conformal invariants. Specifically, we prove that any closed, compact Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Sanghoon Lee

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

We consider the problem of varying conformally the metric of a four dimensional manifold in order to obtain constant $Q$-curvature. The problem is variational, and solutions are in general found as critical points of saddle type. We show…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-25 Andrea Malchiodi

We consider the constant Q-curvature metric problem in the given conformal class on conic 4-manifolds and study related differential equations.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Hao Fang , Biao Ma

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 study compactness for nonnegative solutions of the fourth order constant $Q$-curvature equations on smooth compact Riemannian manifolds of dimension $\ge 5$. If the $Q$-curvature equals $-1$, we prove that all solutions are universally…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-16 YanYan Li , Jingang Xiong

We obtain uncountably many periodic solutions to the singular Yamabe problem on a round sphere, that blow up along a great circle. These are (complete) constant scalar curvature metrics on the complement of $S^1$ inside $S^m$, $m\geq 5$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-06 Renato G. Bettiol , Paolo Piccione , Bianca Santoro

We study the existence of conformal metrics on non-compact Riemannian manifolds with non-compact boundary, which are complete as metric spaces and have negative constant scalar curvature in the interior and negative constant mean curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Juan Alcon Apaza , Sergio Almaraz

We consider conformal deformations within a class of incomplete Riemannian metrics which generalize conic orbifold singularities by allowing both warping and any compact manifold (not just quotients of the sphere) to be the "link" of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-07-06 Thalia Jeffres , Julie Rowlett

We show that there are infinitely many pairwise nonhomothetic, complete, periodic metrics with constant scalar curvature that are conformal to the round metric on $S^n\setminus S^k$, where $k < \frac{n-2}{2}$. These metrics are obtained by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-07 João H. Andrade , Jeffrey S. Case , Paolo Piccione , Juncheng Wei

This paper is devoted to the construction of weak solutions to the singular constant $Q$-curvature problem. We build on several tools developed in the last years. This is the first construction of singular metrics on closed manifolds of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-04 Ali Hyder , Yannick Sire

We prove nonuniqueness results for complete metrics with constant positive fractional curvature conformal to the round metric on $S^n \setminus S^k$, using bifurcation techniques. These are singular (positive) solutions to a non-local…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-13 Renato G. Bettiol , María del Mar González , Ali Maalaoui

We establish the existence of infinitely many complete metrics with constant scalar curvature on prescribed conformal classes on certain noncompact product manifolds. These include products of closed manifolds with constant positive scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-21 Renato G. Bettiol , Paolo Piccione

We study singular metrics of constant negative $Q$-curvature in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ for every $n \geq 1$. Precisely, we consider solutions to the problem \[ (-\Delta)^{n/2}u=-e^{nu}\quad \text{on}\quad\mathbb{R}^{n}\backslash…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Tobias König , Yamin Wang

In this paper we consider the moduli space of complete, conformally flat metrics on a sphere with k punctures having constant positive Q-curvature and positive scalar curvature. Previous work has shown that such metrics admit an asymptotic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-13 João Henrique Andrade , João Marcos do Ó , Jesse Ratzkin

We study the problem of deforming a Riemannian metric to a conformal one with nonzero constant scalar curvature and nonzero constant boundary mean curvature on a compact manifold of dimension $n\geq 3$. We prove the existence of such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Xuezhang Chen , Liming Sun

For dimensions $n \geq 3$, we classify singular solutions to the generalized Liouville equation $(-\Delta)^{n/2} u = e^{nu}$ on $\mathbb{R}^n \setminus \{0\}$ with the finite integral condition $\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} e^{nu} < \infty$ in terms…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Tobias König , Paul Laurain
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