Q-curvature prescription; forbidden functions and the GJMS null space

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10111-9zbMATH Open1203.53032arXiv0810.5604MaRDI QIDQ3552138FDOQ3552138

Rod Gover

Publication date: 13 April 2010

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: On an even conformal manifold $(M,c)$, such that the critical GJMS operator has non-trivial kernel, we identify and discuss the role of a finite dimensional vector space $N(Q)$ of functions determined by the conformal structure. Using these we describe an infinite dimensional class of functions that cannot be the Q-curvature $Q^g$ for any $g$ in $c$. If certain functions arise in $N(Q)$ then $Q^g$ cannot be constant for any $g$ in $c$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5604

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zbMATH Keywords

curvature prescriptionconformal differential geometryQ-curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects (53A55) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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• Prescribed \(Q\)-curvature problem on closed 4-Riemannian manifolds in the null case
• Calculus and invariants on almost complex manifolds, including projective and conformal geometry
• \(Q\)-curvature flow for GJMS operators with non-trivial kernel

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