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In this paper, we proved the Normal Scalar Curvature Conjecture and the Bottcher-Wenzel Conjecture. We also established some new pinching theorems for minimal submanifolds in spheres.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-06-06 Zhiqin Lu

This paper is devoted to the prescribed scalar curvature under minimal boundary mean curvature on the standard four dimensional half sphere. Using topological methods from the theory of critical points at infinity, we prove some existence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hichem Chtioui , Khalil El Mehdi

On a compact manifold $M$ with boundary $\partial M$, we study the problem of prescribing the scalar curvature in $M$ and the mean curvature on the boundary $\partial M$ simultaneously. To do this, we introduce the notion of singular…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-28 Pak Tung Ho , Yen-Chang Huang

In this paper, we investigate a boundary case of the classical prescribed curvature problem. We focus on prescribing the scalar curvature function K and the boundary mean curvature H on the standard ball. Our analysis extendes previous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Luca Battaglia , Yixing Pu

We show that the characterization of existence and uniqueness up to vertical translations of solutions to the prescribed mean curvature equation, originally proved by Giusti in the smooth case, holds true for domains satisfying very mild…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-02 Gian Paolo Leonardi , Giorgio Saracco

Prescribing, by conformal transformation, the kth-elementary symmetric polynomial of the Schouten tensor $P$ to be constant is a generalisation of the Yamabe problem. On compact Riemannian n-manifolds we show that, for k between and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas P. Branson , A. Rod Gover

Motivated by Brendle-Marques-Neves' counterexample to the Min-Oo's conjecture, we prove a volume constrained scalar curvature rigidity theorem which applies to the hemisphere.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-18 Pengzi Miao , Luen-fai Tam

In this manuscript, we investigate fully nonlinear prescribed curvature problems for the modified Schouten tensor on closed Riemannian manifolds with negative curvature. We prove that whenever the corresponding concave elliptic operator…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Jiaogen Zhang

The problem of prescribing Gaussian curvature on Riemann surface with conical singularity is considered. Let $(\Sigma,\beta)$ be a closed Riemann surface with a divisor $\beta$, and $K_\lambda=K+\lambda$, where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-08 Yunyan Yang , Xiaobao Zhu

In this work, we consider sequences of $C^2$ metrics which converge to a $C^2$ metric in $C^0$ sense. We show that if the scalar curvature of the sequence is almost non-negative in the integral sense, then the limiting metric has scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-28 Yiqi Huang , Man-Chun Lee

In this paper we study the problem, posed by Troyanov, of prescribing the Gaussian curvature under a conformal change of the metric on surfaces with conical singularities. Such geometrical problem can be reduced to the solvability of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-01 Francesca de Marchis , Rafael López-Soriano

We prove the existence of metrics with prescribed $Q$-curvature under natural assumptions on the sign of the prescribing function and the background metric. In the dimension four case, we also obtain existence results for curvature forms…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-22 Flávio França Cruz , Tiarlos Cruz

We illustrate an example of a generic, positive function K on a Riemannian manifold to be conformally prescribed as the scalar curvature, for which the corresponding Yamabe type L2-gradient flow exhibits non compact flow lines, while a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-28 Martin Mayer

We study Kazdan-Warner equations on a connected finite graph via the method of the degree theory. Firstly, we prove that all solutions to the Kazdan-Warner equation with nonzero prescribed function are uniformly bounded and the Brouwer…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Linlin Sun , Liuquan Wang

The prescribed scalar curvature flow was introduced to study the problem of prescribing scalar curvature on manifolds. Carlotto, Chodosh and Rubinstein have studied the convergence rate of the Yamabe flow. Inspired by their result, we study…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-05 Pak Tung Ho , Jinwoo Shin

In this work, we study the Yamabe flow corresponding to the prescribed scalar curvature problem on compact Riemannian manifolds with negative scalar curvature. The long time existence and convergence of the flow are proved under appropriate…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-12-26 Inas Amacha , Rachid Regbaoui

We consider the problem of finding a metric in a given conformal class with prescribed non-positive scalar curvature and non-positive boundary mean curvature on an asymptotically Euclidean manifold with inner boundary. We obtain a necessary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Vladmir Sicca , Gantumur Tsogtgerel

The present paper discusses that a prescribed Gauss-Kronecker curvature problem on the product of unit spheres.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-03 Wang ZhiZhang

We prove existence in the Minkowski space of entire spacelike hypersurfaces with constant negative scalar curvature and given set of lightlike directions at infinity; we also construct the entire scalar curvature flow with prescribed set of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-16 Pierre Bayard

We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for an asymptotically Euclidean manifold to be conformally related to one with specified nonpositive scalar curvature: the zero set of the desired scalar curvature must have a positive Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-16 David Maxwell , James Dilts