Some nonlinear problems in Riemannian geometry
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Boundary value problems for nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55) Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60)
This book is the greatly expanded second edition of \textit{T. Aubin}'s seminal book ``Nonlinear analysis on manifolds. Monge-Ampère equations [(Grundlehren 252, Springer) (1982; Zbl 0512.53044)], merging both photomechanical reproductions of parts of the first edition and a large amount of new material which describes the progress made in the applications of nonlinear PDE methods to specific geometric problems. The first 114 pages, up to \S 3 of Chapter 4, are taken from the first edition. The rest of Chapter 4, entitled now ``Complimentary material, is completely rewritten, as are the following Chapters 5 to 7. The Yamabe problem, unsolved at the time of writing of the first edition, was solved subsequently in a number of different ways. Chapter 5 of this book gives several proofs, concentrating on the author's own results in connection with those of \textit{R. Schoen} [J. Differ. Geom. 20, 479-495 (1984; Zbl 0576.53028)] and \textit{R. Schoen} and \textit{S.-T. Yau} [Invent. Math. 92, 47-71 (1988; Zbl 0658.53038)]. In \S\S{} 6-8 a survey of recent research, concerning alternative proofs and related problems, is presented. Chapter 6, ``Prescribed scalar curvature, begins with the results of \textit{J. L. Kazdan} and \textit{F. W. Warner} [Ann. of Math., II. Ser. 99, 14-47 (1974; Zbl 0273.53034); J. Differ. Geom. 10, 113-134 (1975; Zbl 0296.53037); Invent. Math. 28, 227-230 (1975; Zbl 0297.53021)] and develops into a detailed survey of the great amount of results obtained thereafter on this kind of problem. Chapter 7 treats complex Monge-Ampère equations, relying on the author's works [J. Differ. Geom. 4, 383-424 (1970; Zbl 0212.54102), C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. A 283, 119-121 (1976; Zbl 0333.53040), Bull. Sci. Math., II. Ser. 102, 63-95 (1978; Zbl 0374.53022)] and on \textit{S.-T. Yau} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 31, 339-411 (1978; Zbl 0369.53059)]. Existence and uniqueness problems for Kähler-Einstein metrics on compact Kähler manifolds are considered as well as the proof of the Calabi conjecture which asserts that every form representing the first Chern class \(C_1(M)\) is the Ricci form of some Kähler metric on a compact Kähler manifold \((M,g)\). Chapter 8, ``Monge-Ampère equations, is again reproduced from the first edition, whereas the remaining Chapters 9 and 10 are completely new. Chapter 9, ``The Ricci curvature, presents recent results on prescribing Ricci curvature, emphasizing the results of D. DeTurck (\S 2) and \textit{R. S. Hamilton} [J. Differ. Geom. 17, 255-306 (1982; Zbl 0504.53034)] (\S\S 3-4). \S 5 presents recent results due to J. Lohkamp and Hebey-Vaugon without providing proofs. Chapter 10, ``Harmonic maps, evolves along the famous paper of \textit{J. Eells} and \textit{J. H. Sampson} [Am. J. Math. 86, 109-160 (1964; Zbl 0122.40102)] and treats existence problems (\S 2), problems of regularity (\S 3), and the Dirichlet problem for manifolds with boundary (\S 4). This chapter has largely the character of a survey, presenting without proofs results of Eells-Lemaire, F. Helein, Schoen-Uhlenbeck, \textit{F. H. Lin} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 305, 529-531 (1987; Zbl 0652.58022)], Jäger-Kaul, R. S. Hamilton, T. Rivière, Brezis-Coron-Lieb, Bethuel-Brezis-Coron, and Bethuel-Brezis-Helein. The original bibliography, encompassing 278 entries, is augmented with another bibliography of 321 items, most entries of which have appeared after the publication of the first edition. This reflects the great amount of research activity which has gone into the subject area, and also the enormous impact that the first edition of this book had in stimulating further research. As the subject is large and the involved methods are many, a book of its kind necessarily has to be either very limited in its scope, or it cannot avoid being sketchy in some parts. Fortunately, the author's presentation is always clear and precise on the origin of results so that the reader can always trace proofs and fill gaps if necessary. The book serves well as a concise and readable introduction to the field, guiding the reader to the forefront of the most current research. It will also, like its predecessor, undoubtedly become the prime reference work for anybody interested in nonlinear partial differential equations arising from specific differential geometric problems. There are only two minor points which deserve criticism, regarding not the content but the manufacturing quality of the book. First, the photomechanical reproduction of the old parts of the book is a bit scant, rendering types frayed and some lines broken, especially in italic types of tiny size as occuring in exponents of formulas. Second, the new parts, though immaculately typeset, should have received more observant editing on the publisher's side; not only that grammatical and stylistic imperfections were not removed as nicely as in the first edition, but also the chapter numbering in the preface to the new parts does not match the actual chapter numbers. The same is true for some (though very few) references to the new bibliography which are quoted with wrong numbers in the main text.
- Isoperimetric profile and uniqueness for Neumann problems
- Ricci flow on a 3-manifold with positive scalar curvature
- On the \(C^0\) compactness of the set of the solutions of the Yamabe equation
- Desingularization of \(G_{2}\) manifolds with isolated conical singularities
- Constant mean curvature spheres in Riemannian manifolds
- Geometry of domains with the uniform squeezing property
- On Harnack inequalities and singularities of admissible metrics in the Yamabe problem
- \(L^{\infty }\)-estimates for Sobolev functions in terms of \(\nabla \) and \(\Delta \)
- Monotonicity of the Yamabe invariant under connect sum over the boundary
- Uniform bound and a non-existence result for Lichnerowicz equation in the whole \(n\)-space
- A Trudinger type inequality for maps into a Riemannian manifold
- Relative Yamabe invariant and \(c\)-concordant metrics
- Black hole initial data with a horizon of prescribed geometry
- The profile of bubbling solutions of a class of fourth order geometric equations on 4-manifolds
- Regularity properties of the degenerate Monge-Ampère equations on compact Kähler manifolds
- Harnack inequalities for Yamabe type equations
- Positive mass theorem for the Paneitz-Branson operator
- Bounded stability for strongly coupled critical elliptic systems below the geometric threshold of the conformal Laplacian
- Nonlinear analysis in geometry
- Nonlinear elliptic equations on \(S_n\) in the supercritical case
- On the best Sobolev inequality
- A perturbation result for the Webster scalar curvature problem on the CR sphere.
- Problème de la courbure scalaire prescrite sur les variétés riemanniennes complètes. (The problem of prescribed scalar curvature for complete Riemannian manifolds)
- Critical metrics of the trace of the heat kernel on a compact manifold.
- Différentes estimations de \(\sup u\times \inf u\) pour l'équation de la courbure scalaire prescrite en dimension \(n\geqslant 3\). (Various estimates of \(\sup u\times \inf u\) for the equation of prescribed scalar curvature in dimension \(n\geqslant 3\))
- Prescribing scalar and boundary mean curvature on the three dimensional half sphere
- Best constants in second-order Sobolev inequalities on Riemannian manifolds and applications.
- The Weyl functional near the Yamabe invariant
- On Aubin-Lichnerowicz's estimate and domination inequality.
- Study of nonlinear elliptic problems of fourth order with critical exponents on compact Riemannian manifolds
- Local existence for inhomogeneous Schrödinger flow into Kähler manifolds
- Nonlinear PDE with vector fields
- Elliptic equations of fourth-order with critical exponents on compact Riemannian manifolds
- Einstein-Kähler metrics on a class of bundles involving integral weights.
- Nonlinear partial differential systems on Riemannian manifolds with their geometric applica\-tions.
- Hessian comparison and spectrum lower bound of almost Hermitian manifolds
- \(K\)-homology classes of elliptic uniform pseudodifferential operators
- A least-squares/relaxation method for the numerical solution of the three-dimensional elliptic Monge-Ampère equation
- Hardy-Sobolev inequality with singularity a curve
- The Dirichlet problem for Einstein metrics on cohomogeneity one manifolds
- On the regularity of stationary measures
- Multiplicity of nodal solutions to the Yamabe problem
- Hydrodynamic vortex on surfaces
- Conformal metrics of prescribed scalar curvature on 4-manifolds: the degree zero case
- Bubbling phenomena in calculus of variations
- Prescribed scalar curvature plus mean curvature flows in compact manifolds with boundary of negative conformal invariant
- Prescribing the mixed scalar curvature of a foliated Riemann-Cartan manifold
- On the Chern-Yamabe flow
- Biharmonic conformal maps in dimension four and equations of Yamabe-type
- Blow-up phenomena for linearly perturbed Yamabe problem on manifolds with umbilic boundary
- Random attractors for the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations on the 2D unit sphere
- Second-order geometric flows on foliated manifolds
- Analytical approach of the symmetry: sharp supercritical Hardy-Sobolev inequalities and applications
- Evolution of the Yamabe constant under Bernhard List's flow
- Ricci flow of regions with curvature bounded below in dimension three
- On compact manifolds with harmonic curvature and positive scalar curvature
- Deformations of free boundary CMC hypersurfaces
- A class of globally solvable Markovian quadratic BSDE systems and applications
- Remarks on scalar curvature of Yamabe solitons
- Extremal functions for the sharp L^2-Nash inequality
- Special standard static space-times
- On logarithmic Sobolev inequalities for higher order fractional derivatives
- A quantization property for blow up solutions of singular Liouville-type equations
- On the existence of hermitian-harmonic maps from complete Hermitian to complete Riemannian manifolds
- On the existence of blowing-up solutions for a mean field equation
- A Moser-Trudinger inequality on the boundary of a compact Riemann surface
- A multiscale approach to curvature modulated sorting in biological membranes
- Large conformal metrics with prescribed scalar curvature
- Multi-bump solutions of \(-\Delta = K(x)u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}}\) on lattices in \(\mathbb{R}^n\)
- Discrete and continuous Green energy on compact manifolds
- Einstein-Kähler metrics on certain complex bundles
- Sharp Sobolev type inequalities for higher fractional derivatives
- A sharp Sobolev inequality of Riemannian manifolds.
- Spectral shift and multiplicity of the first eigenvalue of the magnetic Schrödinger operator in two dimensions.
- Lower bound of admissible functions on sphere
- Surface measures and tightness of (r,p)-capacities on Poisson space
- Best constants for Sobolev inequalities for higher order fractional derivatives
- Geometric inequalities on locally conformally flat manifolds
- A Liouville-Gelfand equation for \(k\)-Hessian operators
- Volume comparison and the \(\sigma_k\)-Yamabe problem
- Existence and multiplicity results for nonlinear critical Neumann problem on compact Riemannian manifolds
- The asymptotic behavior of Chern-Simons Higgs model on a compact Riemann surface with boundary
- Lower bounds of Tian's invariant under toric invariances
- A multiplicity result for the Yamabe problem on \(S^n\)
- Non-radial solutions of a supercritical equation in expanding domains: the limit case
- Non-Einstein relative Yamabe metrics
- Supercritical elliptic problems on the round sphere and nodal solutions to the Yamabe problem in projective spaces
- Bach-flat critical metrics for quadratic curvature functionals
- On the effective properties of composite elastic plate
- Sobolev spaces on quasi-Kähler complex varieties
- Regularity of maps between Sobolev spaces
- Second-order elliptic equation with singularities
- Prescribed mean curvature equation on torus
- An ODE reduction method for the semi-Riemannian Yamabe problem on space forms
- A compactness result for scalar-flat metrics on low dimensional manifolds with umbilic boundary
- Conditions for discreteness of the spectrum to Schrödinger operator via non-increasing rearrangement, Lagrangian relaxation and perturbations
- Poisson statistics for Gibbs measures at high temperature
- Local existence and uniqueness of skew mean curvature flow
- A survey of the elastic flow of curves and networks
- On Gaussian curvature flow
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