Normal conformal metrics on \(\mathbb{R}^4\) with \(Q\)-curvature having power-like growth (Q822735)

The authors discuss the properties of solutions to the biharmonic equation \(\Delta^2 u=(1-|x|^p)e^{4u}\) in \(\mathbb{R}^4\) that satisfy \(\Lambda:=\int_{\mathbb{R}^4}(1-|x|^p)e^{4u} dx<\infty\). It is shown that the above equation admits normal solutions (that is, solutions which can be written in integral form) if and only if \[ \Big(1+\frac{p}{4}\Big)8\pi^2<\Lambda<16\pi^2. \] Some results on the relatd equation \(\Delta^2 u=(1+|x|^p)e^{4u}\) in \(\mathbb{R}^4\) are also discused.