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Xuezhang Chen

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Classification of solutions to the $Q$-flat and constant $T$-curvature equation on the half-space and ball

For conformal boundary operators associated with the Paneitz operator, we introduce a rigorous definition of the biharmonic Poisson kernel consisting of a pair of kernel functions and derive its explicit representation formula. With this powerful tool, we establish classification theorems of nonnegative solutions to the $Q$-flat and constant $T$-curvature equations on $\mathbb{R}_+^{n+1}$ and $\mathbb{B}^{n+1}$.

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Green function rigidity and the mass of hypersurfaces under inversion

This is a sequel to arXiv:2401.02087. We prove the Green function rigidity conjecture in arXiv:2401.02087 for conformal Laplacian in dimension $n\geq 3$. For the Paneitz operator, we prove the Green function rigidity conjecture when $n\neq 4k+2, k\geq 2$. Important ingredients in our proof are the positive mass theorem and the positive energy theorem for Paneitz operator. As a byproduct, we also obtain a new formula for the ADM mass of an asymptotically flat hypersurface that allows for a non-entire graph.

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Green functions for GJMS operators on spheres, Gegenbauer polynomials and rigidity theorems

We derive explicit representation formulae of Green functions for GJMS operators on $n$-spheres, including the fractional ones. These formulae have natural geometric interpretations concerning the extrinsic geometry of the round sphere. Conversely, we discover that this special feature uniquely characterizes spheres among closed embedded hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. Furthermore, for $n=3,4,5$ we prove a strong rigidity theorem for Green functions of hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ using the Positive Mass Theorem.

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Constrained Moser-Trudinger-Onofri inequality and a uniqueness criterion for the mean field equation

We establish Moser-Trudinger-Onofri inequalities under constraint of a deviation of the second order moments from $0$, which serves as an intermediate one between Chang-Hang's inequalities under first and second order moments constraints. A threshold for the deviation is a uniqueness criterion for the mean field equation $$-aΔ_{\mathbb{S}^2}u+1=e^{2u} \quad \mathrm{~~on~~} \quad \mathbb{S}^2$$ when the constant $a$ is close to $\frac{1}{2}$.

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The $\sigma_{2}$-curvature equation on a compact manifold with boundary

We first establish local $C^2$ estimates of solutions to the $\sigma_2$-curvature equation with nonlinear Neumann boundary condition. Then, under assumption that the mean curvature of a background metric is nonnegative on totally non-umbilic boundary, for dimensions three and four there exists a conformal metric having a prescribed positive $\sigma_2$-curvature and a prescribed nonnegative boundary mean curvature. The local estimates play an important role in the blow up analysis for the latter existence result.

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Almost sharp Sobolev trace inequalities in the unit ball under constraints

We establish three families of Sobolev trace inequalities of orders two and four in the unit ball under higher order moments constraint, and are able to construct \emph{smooth} test functions to show all such inequalities are \emph{almost optimal}. Some distinct feature in \emph{almost sharpness} examples between the fourth order and second order Sobolev trace inequalities is discovered. This has been neglected in higher order Sobolev inequality case in \cite{Hang}. As a byproduct, the method of our construction can be used to show the sharpness of the generalized Lebedev-Milin inequality under constraints.

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A fractional conformal curvature flow on the unit sphere

We study a fractional conformal curvature flow on the standard unit sphere and prove a perturbation result of the fractional Nirenberg problem with fractional exponent $σ\in (1/2,1)$. This extends the result of Chen-Xu (Invent. Math. 187, no. 2, 395-506, 2012) for the scalar curvature flow on the standard unit sphere.

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The Obata equation with Robin boundary condition

We study the Obata equation with Robin boundary condition $\frac{\partial f}{\partial ν}+af=0$ on manifolds with boundary, where $a \in \mathbb{R}\setminus\{0\}$. Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions were previously studied by Reilly \cite{R}, Escobar \cite{Es} and Xia \cite{X}. Compared with their results, the sign of $a$ plays an important role here. The new discovery shows besides spherical domains, there are other manifolds for both $a>0$ and $a<0$. We also consider the Obata equation with non-vanishing Neumann condition $\frac{\partial f}{\partial ν}=1$.

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An existence theorem on the isoperimetric ratio over scalar-flat conformal classes

Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ with smooth boundary $\partial M$, admitting a scalar-flat conformal metric. We prove that the supremum of the isoperimetric ratio over the scalar-flat conformal class is strictly larger than the best constant of the isoperimetric inequality in the Euclidean space, and consequently is achieved, if either (i) $9\le n\le 11$ and $\partial M$ has a nonumbilic point; or (ii) $7\le n\le 9$, $\partial M$ is umbilic and the Weyl tensor does not vanish identically on the boundary. This is a continuation of the work \cite{Jin-Xiong} by the second named author and Xiong.

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The Han-Li conjecture in constant scalar curvature and constant boundary mean curvature problem on compact manifolds

The Han-Li conjecture states that: Let $(M,g_0)$ be an $n$-dimensional $(n\geq 3)$ smooth compact Riemannian manifold with boundary having positive (generalized) Yamabe constant and $c$ be any real number, then there exists a conformal metric of $g_0$ with scalar curvature $1$ and boundary mean curvature $c$. Combining with Z. C. Han and Y. Y. Li's results, we answer this conjecture affirmatively except for the case that $n\geq 8$, the boundary is umbilic, the Weyl tensor of $M$ vanishes on the boundary and has a non-zero interior point.

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Existence of conformal metrics with constant scalar curvature and constant boundary mean curvature on compact manifolds

We study the problem of deforming a Riemannian metric to a conformal one with nonzero constant scalar curvature and nonzero constant boundary mean curvature on a compact manifold of dimension $n\geq 3$. We prove the existence of such conformal metrics in the cases of $n=6,7$ or the manifold is spin and some other remaining ones left by Escobar. Furthermore, in the positive Yamabe constant case, by normalizing the scalar curvature to be $1$, there exists a sequence of conformal metrics such that their constant boundary mean curvatures go to $+\infty$.

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Escobar-Yamabe compactifications for Poincare-Einstein manifolds and rigidity theorems

Let $(X^{n},g_+) $ $(n\geq 3)$ be a Poincaré-Einstein manifold which is $C^{3,α}$ conformally compact with conformal infinity $(\partial X, [\hat{g}])$. On the conformal compactification $(\overline{X}, \bar g=ρ^2g_+)$ via some boundary defining function $ρ$, there are two types of Yamabe constants: $Y(\overline{X},\partial X,[\bar g])$ and $Q(\overline{X},\partial X,[\bar g])$. (See definitions (\ref{def.type1}) and (\ref{def.type2})). In \cite{GH}, Gursky and Han gave an inequality between $Y(\overline{X},\partial X,[\bar g])$ and $Y(\partial X,[\hat{g}])$. In this paper, we first show that the equality holds in Gursky-Han's theorem if and only if $(X^{n},g_+)$ is isometric to the standard hyperbolic space $(\mathbb{H}^{n}, g_{\mathbb{H}})$. Secondly, we derive an inequality between $Q(\overline{X},\partial X,[\bar g])$ and $Y(\partial X, [\hat g])$, and show that the equality holds if and only if $(X^{n},g_+)$ is isometric to $(\mathbb{H}^{n}, g_{\mathbb{H}})$. Based on this, we give a simple proof of the rigidity theorem for Poincaré-Einstein manifolds with conformal infinity being conformally equivalent to the standard sphere.

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Remarks on GJMS operator of order six

We study analysis aspects of the sixth order GJMS operator $P_g^6$. Under conformal normal coordinates around a point, the expansions of Green's function of $P_g^6$ with pole at this point are presented. As a starting point of the study of $P_g^6$, we manage to give some existence results of prescribed $Q$-curvature problem on Einstein manifolds. One among them is that for $n \geq 10$, let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Einstein manifold of positive scalar curvature and $f$ a smooth positive function in $M$. If the Weyl tensor is nonzero at a maximum point of $f$ and $f$ satisfies a vanishing order condition at this maximum point, then there exists a conformal metric $\tilde g$ of $g$ such that its $Q$-curvature $Q_{\tilde g}^6$ equals $f$.

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Prescribed scalar curvature plus mean curvature flows in compact manifolds with boundary of negative conformal invariant

We employ three different methods to prove the following result on prescribed scalar curvature plus mean curvature problem: Let $(M^n,g_0)$ be a $n$-dimensional smooth compact manifold with boundary, where $n \geq 3$, assume the conformal invariant $Y(M,\partial M)<0$. Given any negative smooth functions $f$ in $M$ and $h$ on $\partial M$, there exists a unique conformal metric of $g_0$ such that its scalar curvature equals $f$ and mean curvature curvature equals $h$. The first two methods are sub-super-solution method and subcritical approximation, and the third method is a geometric flow. In the flow approach, assume another conformal invariant $Q(M,\pa M)$ is a negative real number, for some class of initial data, we prove the short time and long time existences of the so-called prescribed scalar curvature plus mean curvature flows, as well as their asymptotic convergence. Via a family of such flows together with some additional variational arguments, under the flow assumptions we prove existence and uniqueness of positive minimizers of the associated energy functional and also the above result by analyzing asymptotic limits of the flows and the relations among some conformal invariants.

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