On critical point equation of compact manifolds with zero radial Weyl curvature

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Abstract: Let mathcalC be the space of smooth metrics g on a given compact manifold Mn (ngeq3) with constant scalar curvature and unitary volume. The goal of this paper is to study the critical point of the total scalar curvature functional restricted to the space mathcalC (we shall refer to this critical point as CPE metrics) under assumption that (M,g) has zero radial Weyl curvature. Among the results obtained, we emphasize that in 3-dimension we will be able to prove that a CPE metric with nonnegative sectional curvature must be isometric to a standard 3-sphere. We will also prove that a n-dimensional, 4leqnleq10, CPE metric satisfying a Ln/2-pinching condition will be isometric to a standard sphere. In addition, we shall conclude that such critical metrics are isometrics to a standard sphere under fourth-order vanishing condition on the Weyl tensor.



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