Conformal deformations of conic metrics to constant scalar curvature

DOI10.4310/MRL.2010.V17.N3.A6MaRDI QIDQ2275707zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Julie Rowlett, Thalia Jeffres

Publication date 9 August 2011

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02100

zbMATH Keywords

conformal deformationconstant scalar curvatureYamabe equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

Abstract: We consider conformal deformations within a class of incomplete Riemannian metrics which generalize conic orbifold singularities by allowing both warping and any compact manifold (not just quotients of the sphere) to be the "link" of the singular set. Within this class of "conic metrics," we determine obstructions to the existence of conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature of any sign (positive, negative, or zero). For conic metrics with negative scalar curvature, we determine sufficient conditions for the existence of a conformal deformation to a conic metric with constant scalar curvature -1; moreover, we show that this metric is unique within its conformal class of conic metrics. Our work is in dimensions three and higher.

Review text

The authors address a Yamabe type problem: Given an open manifold with a conic metric, does there exist a conformal deformation to a conic metric with constant scalar curvature? The metrics considered here are smooth Riemannian on the interior of a manifold and have a particular degenerate structure on the boundary. The authors first give two obstructions to the existence of conformal deformations of such a conic metric to a conic metric of constant scalar curvature. For the special case of conic metrics of negative scalar curvature they give sufficient conditions for the existence of a conformal deformation to a conic metric of constant curvature \(-1\). In addition they show that this metric is unique within its conformal class of conic metrics. The proof of this result is constructive, the Yamabe equation is solved constructively which leads to both existence and uniqueness of the constant curvature conic metric. The existence of such a metric has been shown earlier by D. L. Finn but the arguments were non-constructive. All of the results in the reviewed article apply to dimensions \(3\) and higher and are closely related to Akutagawa-Botvinnik's work on manifolds with cylindrical ends, see [\textit{K. Akutagawa} and \textit{B. Botvinnik}, Commun. Anal. Geom. 10, No. 5, 935--969 (2002; Zbl 1034.58007); Geom. Funct. Anal. 13, No. 2, 259--333 (2003; Zbl 1161.53344)].

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