Extremal functions for the Moser-Trudinger inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds (Q2574694)

The main results of the paper are the following theorems: Theorem I. If \((M,g)\) is a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, then \[ \sup\left\{\int_M e^{a_n|u|^{\frac{n}{n-1}}}\,dV_g:u\in H^{1,n}(M), \;\int_Mu\,dV_g=0,\;\int_M|\nabla u|^n\,dV_g=1\right\} \] and \[ \sup\left \{\int_Me^{a_n|u|^{\frac{n}{n-1}}}\,dV_g:u\in H^{1,n}(M),\;\int_M| \nabla u|^n+|u|^n\,dV_g=1\right\} \] are attained. Theorem II. If \((N, g_N)\) is a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, then \[ \sup\left \{\int_Ne^{a_n|u|^{\frac{n}{n-1}}}\,dVg_N:u\in H^{1,n}(N),\;u|_{\partial N}=0,\;\int|\nabla u|^n\,dV_{g_N}=1\right\} \] is attained.