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Let $M^n$, $n\ge3$, be a compact differentiable manifold with nonpositive Yamabe invariant $\sigma(M)$. Suppose $g_0$ is a continuous metric with $V(M, g_0)=1$, smooth outside a compact set $\Sigma$, and is in $W^{1,p}_{loc}$ for some…
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Answering a question by M. Struwe (Vietnam J. Math. 2020) related to the blow-up behaviour in the Nirenberg problem, we show that the prescribed $Q$-curvature equation $$\Delta^2 u=(1-|x|^p)e^{4u}\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^4,\quad…
We assume that $\Omega_1, \Omega_2 \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, $n \geq 1$ are two disjoint domains whose complements satisfy the capacity density condition and the intersection of their boundaries $F$ has positive harmonic measure. Then we…
One shows here the existence of solutions to the Callan-Symanzik equation for the non-Abelian SU(2) Chern-Simons-matter model which exhibits asymptotic conformal invariance to every order in perturbative theory. The conformal symmetry in…
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In this paper, we consider the following prescribed scalar curvature problem: \begin{equation*} -\Delta u = K(x) u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}}, \quad u>0\quad\hbox{in}\quad \mathbb{R}^n, \quad u \in D^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^n), \end{equation*} where $K(x)$…
In this paper, we consider the problem of existence and multiplicity of conformal metrics on a riemannian compact $4-$dimensional manifold $(M^4,g_0)$ with positive scalar curvature. We prove new exitence criterium which provides existence…
For every $d\ge 3$, we construct a noncompact smooth $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with strictly positive sectional curvature without isoperimetric sets for any volume below $1$. We construct a similar example also for the relative…
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In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear elliptic equation with Dirichlet boundary condition: $-\Delta u=K(x)u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}},\, u>0$ in $\Omega,\, u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain in…