Asymptotically Euclidean Ends of Ricci Flat Manifolds, and Conformal Inversions (Q4522121)

It is a basic feature of conformal geometry that the \(n\)-dimensional Euclidean space admits a conformal compactification which is the standard sphere; and vice versa if one starts with the standard sphere \((S^n,g)\) then, using the stereographic projection, there is a conformal factor \(\varphi: S^n\to R\) with exactly one zero \(p\) such that \((S^n\setminus\{p\}\), \((1/ \varphi^2)g)\) is isometric with the Euclidean space. In this context, there are two natural questions: Question 1. Suppose \((M,g)\) is a Riemannian manifold with one end. Can one find a compactification of this end by one additional point \(\infty\) and by a conformal factor \(\varphi\) with one zero at \(\infty\)? Question 2. Vice versa, suppose \((M,g)\) is a Riemannian manifold and suppose \(\varphi:M\to R\) is a function with an isolated zero at \(p\). What can be said -- and under which additional assumptions -- about the asymptotic behaviour \((M\setminus\{p\}, (1/\varphi^2)g)\) in a neighborhood of this end? An answer to Question 1 was given by \textit{M. Herzlich} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 125, 55-92 (1997; Zbl 0938.53020)] under suitable assumptions on the decay of the Weyl curvature. In this paper, the authors get an answer to Question 2 in a particular case. They prove that a Ricci flat end of a Riemannian manifold is asymptotically Euclidean if it is obtained from a smooth metric by a conformal inversion. Moreover, some consequences are discussed.