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Some Uniformization Problems for a Fourth order Conformal Curvature

Differential Geometry 2023-05-16 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we establish the existence of conformal deformations that uniformize fourth order curvature on 4-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with positive conformal invariants. Specifically, we prove that any closed, compact Riemannian manifold with positive Yamabe invariant and total QQ-curvature can be conformally deformed into a metric with positive scalar curvature and constant QQ-curvature. For a Riemannian manifold with umbilic boundary, positive first Yamabe invariant and total (Q,T)(Q, T)-curvature, it is possible to deform it into two types of Riemannian manifolds with totally geodesic boundary and positive scalar curvature. The first type satisfies Qconstant,T0Q\equiv \text{constant}, T \equiv 0 while the second type satisfies Q0,TconstantQ\equiv 0, T \equiv \text{constant}.

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@article{arxiv.2305.08027,
  title  = {Some Uniformization Problems for a Fourth order Conformal Curvature},
  author = {Sanghoon Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.08027},
  year   = {2023}
}

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