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On the local Nirenberg problem for the $Q$-curvatures

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We prove in this article that the local image of each conformal QQ-curvature operator of arbitrary order on the sphere admits no scalar constraint. However, we prove that identities of Kazdan--Warner type hold for its graph.

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@article{arxiv.math/0601732,
  title  = {On the local Nirenberg problem for the $Q$-curvatures},
  author = {Philippe Delanoë and Frédéric Robert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0601732},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages

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