On the best constant in the Moser-Onofri-Aubin inequality

Abstract: Let

S^{2}

be the 2-dimensional unit sphere and let

J_{a} l p h a

denote the nonlinear functional on the Sobolev space

H^{1, 2} (S^{2})

defined by

J_alpha(u) = frac{alpha}{4}int_{S^2}| abla u|^2 domega + int_{S^2} u domega -ln int_{S^2} e^{u} domega,

where

d o m e g a

denotes Lebesgue measure on

S^{2}

, normalized so that

i n t_{S^{2}} d o m e g a = 1

. Onofri had established that

J_{a} l p h a

is non-negative on

H^{1} (S^{2})

provided

a l p h a g e q 1

. In this note, we show that if

J_{a} l p h a

is restricted to those

u i n H^{1} (S^{2})

that satisfy the Aubin condition: int_{S^2}e^u x_j dw=0quad ext{for all}1leq jleq 3, then the same inequality continues to hold (i.e.,

J_{a} l p h a (u) g e q 0

) whenever

a l p h a g e q 2 / 3 - e p s i l o n_{0}

for some

e p s i l o n_{0} > 0

. The question of Chang-Yang on whether this remains true for all

a l p h a g e q 1 / 2

remains open.

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