Q-curvature flow for GJMS operators with non-trivial kernel

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2012.07.007zbMATH Open1254.53098arXiv1203.3035OpenAlexW2006294571MaRDI QIDQ694774FDOQ694774

Authors: Ali Fardoun, Rachid Regbaoui 

Publication date: 13 December 2012

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the prescribed Q-curvature flow for GJMS operators with non-trivial kernel on compact manifolds of even dimension. When the total Q-curvature is negative, we identify a conformally invariant condition on the nodal domains of functions in the kernel of the GJMS operator, allowing us to prove the global existence and the convergence of the flow to a metric which is conformal to the initial one, and having a prescribed Q-curvature. If the total Q-curvature is positive, we show that the flow blows up in finite time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3035

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zbMATH Keywords

variational method\(Q\)-curvaturegeometric PDE's

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-order parabolic equations (35K25) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

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