The Asymptotically Flat Scalar-Flat Yamabe Problem with Boundary

Title
The Asymptotically Flat Scalar-Flat Yamabe Problem with Boundary
Publication Date
2017
Author(s)
McCormick, Steve
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9536-9908
Email: smccorm9@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:smccorm9
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer New York LLC
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1007/s12220-017-9760-0
UNE publication id
une:21643
Abstract
We consider two cases of the asymptotically flat scalar-flat Yamabe problem on a non-compact manifold with inner boundary in dimension n ≥ 3. First, following arguments of Cantor and Brill in the compact case, we show that given an asymptotically flat metric g, there is a conformally equivalent asymptotically flat scalar-flat metric that agrees with g on the boundary. We then replace the metric boundary condition with a condition on the mean curvature: given a function f on the boundary that is not too large, we show that there is an asymptotically flat scalar-flat metric, conformally equivalent to g whose boundary mean curvature is given by f. The latter case involves solving an elliptic PDE with critical exponent using the method of sub- and supersolutions. Both results require the usual assumption that the Sobolev quotient is positive.
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Citation
Journal of Geometric Analysis, 27(3), p. 2269-2277
ISSN
1559-002X
1050-6926
Start page
2269
End page
2277

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