Conformal metrics of prescribed scalar curvature on 4-manifolds: the degree zero case

被引：8

作者：

Ahmedou M. ^{[1
]}

Chtioui H. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Mathematics, Giessen University, Arndtstrasse 2, Giessen

[2] Département de Mathématiques, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Route Soukra, Sfax

来源：

Arabian Journal of Mathematics | 2017年 / 6卷 / 3期

关键词：

58E05; 35J65; 53C21; 35B40;

D O I：

10.1007/s40065-017-0169-1

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摘要：

In this paper, we consider the problem of existence and multiplicity of conformal metrics on a Riemannian compact 4-dimensional manifold (M4, g) with positive scalar curvature. We prove a new existence criterium which provides existence results for a dense subset of positive functions and generalizes Bahri–Coron Euler–Poincaré type criterium. Our argument gives estimates of the Morse index of the founded solutions and has the advantage to extend known existence results. Moreover, it provides, for generic KMorse Inequalities at Infinity, which give a lower bound on the number of metrics with prescribed scalar curvature in terms of the topological contribution of its critical points at Infinity to the difference of topology between the level sets of the associated Euler–Lagrange functional. © 2017, The Author(s).

引用

页码：127 / 136

页数：9

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