A Riemann mapping type theorem in higher dimensions. I: The conformally flat case with umbilic boundary

Publication date 4 January 2004

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0208101

conformally flat manifold generalized Riemann mapping theorem nonlinear boundary problem on Riemannian manifold variational problems in Riemannian geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E99) Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory (58J05) Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60)

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In the work the following higher dimension generalization of the Riemann mapping theorem is given: every Riemannian metric on a locally conformally flat manifold with umbilic boundary can be conformally deformed to a flat metric having constant mean curvature. From the PDE point of view, one ought to prove solvability for the problem \(-\Delta_g u + \frac{n-2}{4(n-1)} R_g u = 0\), \(u > 0\) in \(\overset\circ M\); \(\partial_\nu u +\frac{n-2}{2} h_g u = Qu^\frac{n}{n-2} \text{ on } \partial M\). Here \((M,g)\) is a Riemannian manifold with boundary, \(\dim M = n \geq 3\), \(R\) is the scalar curvature of \(M\), \(h\) is the mean curvature of \(\partial M\), \(\nu\) is the outer \(g\)-normal, \(Q=\text{const}\). The solvability theorem is proved, and the solution has (in general) a high Morse index. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1020.00013].

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