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Singular Yamabe problem for scalar flat metrics on the sphere

Analysis of PDEs 2019-07-10 v2

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a domain on the unit nn-sphere Sn \mathbb S^n and g˚\mathring{g} the standard metric of Sn\mathbb S^n, n3n\ge 3. We show that there exists a conformal metric gg with vanishing scalar curvature R(g)=0R(g)=0 such that (Ω,g)(\Omega, g) is complete if and only if the Bessel capacity Cα,q(SnΩ)=0\mathcal C_{\alpha, q}(\mathbb S^n\setminus \Omega)=0, where α=1+2n\alpha=1+\frac2n and q=n2q=\frac n2. Our analysis utilizes some well known properties of capacity and Wolff potentials, as well as a version of the Hopf-Rinow theorem for the divergent curves.

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@article{arxiv.1711.01669,
  title  = {Singular Yamabe problem for scalar flat metrics on the sphere},
  author = {Aram Karakhanyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01669},
  year   = {2019}
}
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