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Multipeak solutions for the Yamabe equation

Analysis of PDEs 2023-06-13 v2

Abstract

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension n3n\geq 3 and x0Mx_0 \in M be an isolated local minimum of the scalar curvature sgs_g of gg. For any positive integer kk we prove that for ϵ>0\epsilon >0 small enough the subcritical Yamabe equation ϵ2Δu+(1+cN ϵ2sg)u=uq-\epsilon^2 \Delta u +(1+ c_{N} \ \epsilon^2 s_g ) u = u^q has a positive kk-peaks solution which concentrate around x0x_0, assuming that a constant β\beta is non-zero. In the equation cN=N24(N1)c_N = \frac{N-2}{4(N-1)} for an integer N>nN>n and q=N+2N2q= \frac{N+2}{N-2}. The constant β\beta depends on nn and NN, and can be easily computed numerically, being negative in all cases considered. This provides solutions to the Yamabe equation on Riemannian products (M×X,g+ϵ2h)(M\times X , g+ \epsilon^2 h ), where (X,h)(X,h) is a Riemannian manifold with constant positive scalar curvature. We also prove that solutions with small energy only have one local maximum.

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@article{arxiv.1807.08385,
  title  = {Multipeak solutions for the Yamabe equation},
  author = {Carolina A. Rey and Juan Miguel Ruiz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.08385},
  year   = {2023}
}
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