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We consider a closed Riemannian manifold $(M^n ,g)$ of dimension $n\geq 3$ and study positive solutions of the equation $-\Delta_g u + \lambda u = \lambda u^q$, with $\lambda >0$, $q>1$. If $M$ supports a proper isoparametric function with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-05-24 Alejandro Betancourt de la Parra , Jurgen Julio-Batalla , Jimmy Petean

Let $(M,g)$ be an analytic Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 5$. In this paper, we consider the so-called constant $Q$-curvature equation \[ \varepsilon^4\Delta_{g}^2 u -\varepsilon^2 b \Delta_{g} u +a u = u^{p} , \qquad \text{in }…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-16 Salomón Alarcón , Simón Masnú , Pedro Montero , Carolina Rey

Let $g_0$ be a smooth Riemannian metric on a closed manifold $M^n$ of dimension $n\geq 3$. We study the existence of a smooth metric $g$ conformal to $g_0$ whose Schouten tensor $A_g$ satisfies the differential inclusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-02 Jonah A. J. Duncan , Luc Nguyen

On a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, we study the set of conformal metrics of negative constant scalar curvature in the interior and positive constant mean curvature on the boundary. Working in the case of positive Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Sergio Almaraz , Shaodong Wang

We prove uniform convergence of metrics $g_k$ on a closed surface with bounded integral curvature (measure) in the sense of A.D. Alexandrov, under the assumption that the curvature measures $\mathbb{K}_{g_k}=\mu^1_k-\mu^2_k$, where…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Jingyi Chen , Yuxiang Li

We describe and partially solve a natural Yamabe-type problem on smooth metric measure spaces which interpolates between the Yamabe problem and the problem of finding minimizers for Perelman's $\nu$-entropy. This problem reduces in all…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-12 Jeffrey S. Case

It is well known in Riemannian geometry that the metric components have the best regularity in harmonic coordinates. These can be used to characterize the most regular element in the isometry class of a rough Riemannian metric. In this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Rodrigo Avalos , Albachiara Cogo , Andoni Royo Abrego

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 prove several facts about the Yamabe constant of Riemannian metrics on general noncompact manifolds and about S. Kim's closely related "Yamabe constant at infinity". In particular we show that the Yamabe constant depends continuously on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-04-15 Nadine Große , Marc Nardmann

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

Let (V,g) and (W,h) be compact Riemannian manifolds of dimension at least 3. We derive a lower bound for the conformal Yamabe constant of the product manifold (V x W, g+h) in terms of the conformal Yamabe constants of (V,g) and (W,h).

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-04-08 Bernd Ammann , Mattias Dahl , Emmanuel Humbert

We develop a universal distributional calculus for regulated volumes of metrics that are singular along hypersurfaces. When the hypersurface is a conformal infinity we give simple integrated distribution expressions for the divergences and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-03 A. Rod Gover , Andrew Waldron

We introduce the weighted Yamabe flow $\frac{\partial g}{\partial t}=(r^m_{\phi}-R^m_{\phi})g$, $\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t}=\frac{m}{2}(R^m_{\phi}-r^m_{\phi})$ on a smooth metric measure space $(M^n, g, e^{-\phi}{\rm dvol}_g, m)$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Zetian Yan

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 3$. We define the second Yamabe invariant as the infimum of the second eigenvalue of the Yamabe operator over the metrics conformal to $g$ and of volume 1. We study when it…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-25 Bernd Ammann , Emmanuel Humbert

A conformal geometry determines a distinguished, potentially singular, variant of the usual Yamabe problem, where the conformal factor can change sign. When a smooth solution does change sign, its zero locus is a smoothly embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-01 A. Rod Gover , Andrew Waldron

In this paper we develop an approach to conformal geometry of piecewise flat metrics on manifolds. In particular, we formulate the combinatorial Yamabe problem for piecewise flat metrics. In the case of surfaces, we define the combinatorial…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Feng Luo

Given an embedded closed submanifold $\Sigma^n$ in the closed Riemannian manifold $M^{n + k}$, where $k < n + 2$, we define extrinsic global conformal invariants of $\Sigma$ by renormalizing the volume associated to the unique singular…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Sri Rama Chandra Kushtagi , Stephen E. McKeown

In this paper, we study the uniqueness of type II Yamabe metrics in conformal classes on a compact connected manifold with boundary, and we investigate Obata-type theorems for type II Yamabe metrics. In particular, we establish a theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Shota Hamanaka , Pak Tung Ho

As a counterpart of the classical Yamabe problem, a fractional Yamabe flow has been introduced by Jin and Xiong (2014) on the sphere. Here we pursue its study in the context of general compact smooth manifolds with positive fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-20 Panagiota Daskalopoulos , Yannick Sire , Juan-Luis Vázquez

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact conformally flat manifold of dimension $n\geq4$ with positive scalar curvature. According to a positive mass theorem by Schoen and Yau, the constant term in the development of the Green function of the conformal…

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