Sur quelques problèmes de courbure scalaire

In this article we prove, among other things, some results about two problems which are the subject of announces these last decades: (1) the compactness of the set of the solutions of the Yamabe equation on a compact Riemannian manifold, (2) a generalization of a result of the author which is necessary to solve the Yamabe problem, when 2ω?n−6.     

Relative Yamabe invariant and <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>-concordant metrics

We prove a surgery formula for the relative Yamabe invariant with several applications. In particular, we study a Yamabe invariant defined on the set of concordance classes of metrics.     

The contact Yamabe flow on <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-contact manifolds

We use the contact Yamabe flow to find solutions of the contact Yamabe problem on K-contact manifolds.      

Conformal entropy rigidity through Yamabe flows

We introduce two versions of the Yamabe flow which preserve negative scalar-curvature bounds. First we show existence and smooth convergence of solutions to these flows. We then show that a metric with negative scalar curvature is controlled by the Yamabe metrics in the same conformal class with constant extremal scalar curvatures. This implies that the volume entropy of our original metric is controlled by the entropies of these Yamabe metrics. We eventually use these Yamabe flows to prove an entropy-rigidity result: when the Yamabe metric has negative sectional curvature, the entropy of a metric in the same conformal class is extremal if and only if the metric has constant extremal scalar curvature.     

The Yamabe problem on stratified spaces

We introduce new invariants of a Riemannian singular space, the local Yamabe and Sobolev constants, and then go on to prove a general version of the Yamabe theorem under that the global Yamabe invariant of the space is strictly less than one or the other of these local invariants. This rests on a small number of structural assumptions about the space and of the behavior of the scalar curvature function on its smooth locus. The second half of this paper shows how this result applies in the category of smoothly stratified pseudomanifolds, and we also prove sharp regularity for the solutions on these spaces. This sharpens and generalizes the results of Akutagawa and Botvinnik (GAFA 13:259–333, 2003) on the Yamabe problem on spaces with isolated conic singularities.     

On Three-Dimensional CR Yamabe Solitons

In this paper, we investigate the geometry and classification of three-dimensional CR Yamabe solitons and pseudo-gradient CR Yamabe solitons. In the compact case, we obtain a classification result of three-dimensional CR Yamabe solitons under the assumption that their potential functions are in the kernel of the CR Paneitz operator. In addition, we obtain a structure theorem on the diffeomorphism types of complete three-dimensional pseudo-gradient CR Yamabe solitons (shrinking, steady, or expanding) of vanishing torsion.     

The classification of locally conformally flat Yamabe solitons

This paper addresses the classification of locally conformally flat gradient Yamabe solitons. In the first part it is shown that locally conformally flat gradient Yamabe solitons with positive sectional curvature are rotationally symmetric. In the second part the classification of all radially symmetric gradient Yamabe solitons is given and their correspondence to smooth self-similar solutions of the fast diffusion equation on Rⁿ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ is shown. In the last section it is shown that any eternal solution to the Yamabe flow with positive Ricci curvature and with the scalar curvature attaining an interior space–time maximum must be a steady Yamabe soliton.     

The Yamabe Constant on Noncompact Manifolds

We prove several facts about the Yamabe constant of Riemannian metrics on general noncompact manifolds and about S. Kim’s closely related “Yamabe constant at infinity”. In particular, we show that the Yamabe constant depends continuously on the Riemannian metric with respect to the fine C ²-topology, and that the Yamabe constant at infinity is even locally constant with respect to this topology. We also discuss to what extent the Yamabe constant is continuous with respect to coarser topologies on the space of Riemannian metrics.     

Yamabe Invariants and $ Spin^c $ Structures

The Yamabe invariant of a smooth compact manifold is by definition the supremum of the scalar curvatures of unit-volume Yamabe metrics on the manifold. For an explicit infinite class of 4-manifolds, we show that this invariant is positive but strictly less than that of the 4-sphere. This is done by using Dirac operators to control the lowest eigenvalue of a perturbation of the Yamabe Laplacian. These results dovetail perfectly with those derived from the perturbed Seiberg–Witten equations [Le3], but the present method is much more elementary in spirit. Submitted: October 1997     

Perturbation of the CR fractional Yamabe problem

In this note, we first prove the non‐degeneracy property of extremals for the optimal Hardy–Littlewood–Sobolev inequality on the Heisenberg group, as an application, a perturbation result for the CR fractional Yamabe problem is obtained, this generalizes a classical result of Malchiodi and Uguzzoni 30 .     

On noncompact quasi Yamabe gradient solitons

We study τ-quasi Yamabe gradient solitons on complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds. We prove several scalar curvature estimates under some conditions and get a non-local collapsing result based on the gradient estimate of the potential function. We also derive a decay theorem and a finite topological type result.     

Yamabe metrics on cylindrical manifolds

We study a particular class of open manifolds. In the category of Riemannian manifolds these are complete manifolds with cylindrical ends. We give a natural setting for the conformal geometry on such manifolds including an appropriate notion of the cylindrical Yamabe constant/invariant. This leads to a corresponding version of the Yamabe problem on cylindrical manifolds. We find a positive solution to this Yamabe problem: we prove the existence of minimizing metrics and analyze their singularities near infinity. These singularities turn out to be of very particular type: either almost conical or almost cuspsingularities. We describe the supremum case, i.e., when the cylindrical Yamabe constant is equal to the Yamabe invariant of the sphere. We prove that in this case such a cylindrical manifold coincides conformally with the standard sphere punctured at a finite number of points. In the course of studying the supremum case, we establish a Positive Mass Theorem for specific asymptotically flat manifolds with two almost conical singularities. As a by-product, we revisit known results on surgery and the Yamabe invariant. Submitted: Submitted: August 2001. Revision: January 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Partially supported by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, No. 14540072.     

The second Yamabe invariant

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension n?3. We define the second Yamabe invariant as the infimum of the second eigenvalue of the Yamabe operator over the metrics conformal to g and of volume 1. We study when it is attained. As an application, we find nodal solutions of the Yamabe equation.     

On perturbations of the fractional Yamabe problem

The fractional Yamabe problem, proposed by González and Qing (Analysis PDE 6:1535–1576, 2013), is a geometric question which concerns the existence of metrics with constant fractional scalar curvature. It extends the phenomena which were discovered in the classical Yamabe problem and the boundary Yamabe problem to the realm of nonlocal conformally invariant operators. We investigate a non-compactness property of the fractional Yamabe problem by constructing bubbling solutions to its small perturbations.     

Q‐Curvature on a Class of Manifolds with Dimension at Least 5

For a smooth compact Riemannian manifold with positive Yamabe invariant, positive Q‐curvature, and dimension at least 5, we prove the existence of a conformal metric with constant Q‐curvature. Our approach is based on the study of an extremal problem for a new functional involving the Paneitz operator.© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Weak and smooth solutions for a fractional Yamabe flow: The case of general compact and locally conformally flat manifolds

As a counterpart of the classical Yamabe problem, a fractional Yamabe flow has been introduced by Jin and Xiong (2014) on the sphere. Here we pursue its study in the context of general compact smooth manifolds with positive fractional curvature. First, we prove that the flow is locally well posed in the weak sense on any compact manifold. If the manifold is locally conformally flat with positive Yamabe invariant, we also prove that the flow is smooth and converges to a constant fractional curvature metric. We provide different proofs using extension properties introduced by Chang and González (2011) for the conformally covariant fractional order operators.     

Yamabe flow on manifolds with edges

Let be a compact oriented Riemannian manifold with an incomplete edge singularity. This article shows that it is possible to evolve g by the Yamabe flow within a class of singular edge metrics. As the main analytic step we establish parabolic Schauder‐type estimates for the heat operator on certain Hölder spaces adapted to the singular edge geometry. We apply these estimates to obtain local existence for a variety of quasilinear equations, including the Yamabe flow. This provides a setup for a subsequent discussion of the Yamabe problem using flow techniques in the singular setting.     

Three-dimensional homogeneous Lorentzian Yamabe solitons

A geometric characterization of Yamabe solitons on homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds of dimension three is given. As a consequence, Lorentzian Yamabe solitons and left-invariant Lorentzian Yamabe solitons are classified in this setting, showing the existence of Yamabe solitons which are not left-invariant.     

Yamabe方程在完备流形上的一个推广

This paper considers a semilinear elliptic equation on a n-dimensional complete noncompact Riemannian manifold,which is a generalization of the well known Yamabe equation.An existence result is proved.     

On the $h$-Almost Yamabe Soliton

We introduce the concept $h$-almost Yamabe soliton which extends naturally the almost Yamabe soliton by Barbosa-Ribeiro and obtain some rigidity results concerning $h$-almost Yamabe solitons. Some condition for a compact $h$-almost Yamabe soliton to be a gradient soliton is also obtained. Finally, we give some characterizations for a special class of gradient $h$-almost Yamabe solitons.