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Conformal Metrics with Constant $Q$-Curvature
Andrea Malchiodi SISSA, Via Beirut 2-4, Trieste, Italy
Abstract:
We consider the problem of varying conformally the metric of a four dimensional manifold in order to obtain constant $Q$-curvature. The problem is variational, and solutions are in general found as critical points of saddle type. We show how the problem leads naturally to consider the set of formal barycenters of the manifold.
Keywords:
$Q$-curvature; geometric PDEs; variational methods; min-max schemes.
Received: September 2, 2007; in final form December 5, 2007; Published online December 13, 2007
Citation:
Andrea Malchiodi, “Conformal Metrics with Constant $Q$-Curvature”, SIGMA, 3 (2007), 120, 11 pp.
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