A note on a class of higher order conformally covariant equations (Q1864095)

This paper deals with the equation naturally arising from the study of conformal geometry. Let \(\Delta\) be the Laplace operator in the Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^n\) of even dimension \(n\). The authors consider the following \(n\)th order equation \[ (-\Delta)^{n\over 2}w =(n-1)!e^{nw},x \in\mathbb{R}^n \tag{1} \] for even dimension \(n\). Let \(\alpha= {1\over|S^n|} \int_{ \mathbb{R}^n} e^{nw} dx\). The authors prove that for each \(0<\alpha <1\), there exists at least one solution (1), while \(n=4\) they obtain the existence of radial solution.