Asymptotic symmetry and local behavior of solutions of higher order conformally invariant equations with isolated singularities

We prove sharp blow up rates of solutions of higher order conformally invariant equations in a bounded domain with an isolated singularity, and show the asymptotic radial symmetry of the solutions near the singularity. This is an extension of the celebrated theorem of Caffarelli-Gidas-Spruck for the second order Yamabe equation with isolated singularities to higher order equations. Our approach uses blow up analysis for local integral equations, and is unified for all critical elliptic equations of order smaller than the dimension. We also prove the existence of Fowler solutions to the global equations, and establish a sup ? inf type Harnack inequality of Schoen for integral equations.     

On bifurcation of solutions of the Yamabe problem in product manifolds

We study local rigidity and multiplicity of constant scalar curvature metrics in arbitrary products of compact manifolds. Using (equivariant) bifurcation theory we determine the existence of infinitely many metrics that are accumulation points of pairwise non-homothetic solutions of the Yamabe problem. Using local rigidity and some compactness results for solutions of the Yamabe problem, we also exhibit new examples of conformal classes (with positive Yamabe constant) for which uniqueness holds.     

Stability of the log-log bound for blow up solutions to the critical non linear Schrödinger equation

We consider finite time blow up solutions to the critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation with initial condition u₀ H¹. Existence of such solutions is known, but the complete blow up dynamic is not understood so far. For initial data with negative energy, finite time blow up with a universal sharp upper bound on the blow up rate corresponding to the so-called log-log law has been proved in [10], [11]. We focus in this paper onto the positive energy case where at least two blow up speeds are known to possibly occur. We establish the stability in energy space H¹ of the log-log upper bound exhibited in the negative energy case, and a sharp lower bound on blow up rate in the other regime which corresponds to known explicit blow up solutions.     

Conformal metrics with prescribed boundary mean curvature on balls

We provide a variety of classes of functions that can be realized as the mean curvature on the boundary of the standard n dimensional ball, n ≥ 3, with respect to some scalar flat metric. Because of the presence of some critical nonlinearity, blow up phenomena occur and existence results are highly nontrivial since one has to overcome topological obstructions. Our approach consists of, on one hand, developing a Morse theoretical approach to this problem through a Morse-type reduction of the associated Euler–Lagrange functional in a neighborhood of its critical points at Infinity and, on the other hand, extending to this problem some topological invariants introduced by A. Bahri in his study of Yamabe type problems on closed manifolds.     

A NOTE ON COMPLETE MANIFOLDS WITH FINITE VOLUME

In this article, we concern on complete manifolds with finite volume. We prove that under some assumptions about scalar curvature and the Yamabe constant, the manifolds must be compact, and we also give the diameter estimates in terms of the scalar curvature and the Yamabe constant.     

A note on complete manifolds with finite volume

In this article, we concern on complete manifolds with finite volume. We prove that under some assumptions about scalar curvature and the Yamabe constant, the manifolds must be compact, and we also give the diameter estimates in terms of the scalar curvature and the Yamabe constant.     

Volume and distance comparison theorems for sub-Riemannian manifolds

In this paper we study global distance estimates and uniform local volume estimates in a large class of sub-Riemannian manifolds. Our main device is the generalized curvature dimension inequality introduced by the first and the third author in [3] and its use to obtain sharp inequalities for solutions of the sub-Riemannian heat equation. As a consequence, we obtain a Gromov type precompactness theorem for the class of sub-Riemannian manifolds whose generalized Ricci curvature is bounded from below in the sense of [3].     

Poincaré lemma and global homotopy formulas with sharp anisotropic Hölder estimates in q-concave CR manifolds

We prove sharp anisotropic Hölder estimates for the local solutions of the tangenital Cauchy-Riemann equation in q-concave CR manifolds and we derive the same kind of estimates for global solutions when the manifold is compact.     

Generalized harmonic functions of Riemannian manifolds with ends

We study L-harmonic functions (solutions of the stationary Schrödinger equation) on arbitrary noncompact Riemannian manifolds with finitely many ends. We establish some existence and uniqueness results, and obtain sharp dimension estimates for L-harmonic functions on such manifolds.     

The contact Yamabe flow on K-contact manifolds

We use the contact Yamabe flow to find solutions of the contact Yamabe problem on K-contact manifolds.     

Global existence,blow up and asymptotic behaviour of solutions for nonlinear Klein–Gordon equation with dissipative term

We study the Cauchy problem of nonlinear Klein–Gordon equation with dissipative term. By introducing a family of potential wells, we derive the invariant sets and prove the global existence, finite time blow up as well as the asymptotic behaviour of solutions. In particular, we show a sharp condition for global existence and finite time blow up of solutions. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Blow‐up profiles of solutions for the exponential reaction‐diffusion equation

We consider the blow‐up of solutions for a semilinear reaction‐diffusion equation with exponential reaction term. It is known that certain solutions that can be continued beyond the blow‐up time possess a non‐constant self‐similar blow‐up profile. Our aim is to find the final time blow‐up profile for such solutions. The proof is based on general ideas using semigroup estimates. The same approach works also for the power nonlinearity. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The contact Yamabe flow on <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-contact manifolds

We use the contact Yamabe flow to find solutions of the contact Yamabe problem on K-contact manifolds.      

A STUDY ON GRADIENT BLOW UP FOR VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS OF FULLY NONLINEAR, UNIFORMLY ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS

We investigate sharp conditions for boundary and interior gradient estimates of continuous viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear,uniformly elliptic equations under Dirichlet boundary conditions. When ...     

Sharp Gradient Estimate and Yau's Liouville Theorem for the Heat Equation on Noncompact Manifolds

We derive a sharp, localized version of elliptic type gradientestimates for positive solutions (bounded or not) to the heatequation. These estimates are related to the Cheng–Yauestimate for the Laplace equation and Hamilton's estimate forbounded solutions to the heat equation on compact manifolds.As applications, we generalize Yau's celebrated Liouville theoremfor positive harmonic functions to positive ancient (includingeternal) solutions of the heat equation, under certain growthconditions. Surprisingly this Liouville theorem for the heatequation does not hold even in Rⁿ without such a condition.We also prove a sharpened long-time gradient estimate for thelog of the heat kernel on noncompact manifolds. 2000 MathematicsSubject Classification 35K05, 58J35.     

Yamabe流下黎曼流形上热方程的梯度估计

研究了在Yamabe流下演化的一个完备非紧黎曼流形,对流形上热方程的正解给出了两种局部的梯度估计.作为应用,可以得到这个热方程的Harnack不等式.     

A fully nonlinear version of the Yamabe problem on locally conformally flat manifolds with umbilic boundary

We prove existence and compactness of solutions to a fully nonlinear Yamabe problem on locally conformally flat Riemannian manifolds with umbilic boundary.     

Yamabe metrics on cylindrical manifolds

We study a particular class of open manifolds. In the category of Riemannian manifolds these are complete manifolds with cylindrical ends. We give a natural setting for the conformal geometry on such manifolds including an appropriate notion of the cylindrical Yamabe constant/invariant. This leads to a corresponding version of the Yamabe problem on cylindrical manifolds. We find a positive solution to this Yamabe problem: we prove the existence of minimizing metrics and analyze their singularities near infinity. These singularities turn out to be of very particular type: either almost conical or almost cuspsingularities. We describe the supremum case, i.e., when the cylindrical Yamabe constant is equal to the Yamabe invariant of the sphere. We prove that in this case such a cylindrical manifold coincides conformally with the standard sphere punctured at a finite number of points. In the course of studying the supremum case, we establish a Positive Mass Theorem for specific asymptotically flat manifolds with two almost conical singularities. As a by-product, we revisit known results on surgery and the Yamabe invariant. Submitted: Submitted: August 2001. Revision: January 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Partially supported by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, No. 14540072.     

渐近欧氏流形上带有阻尼和位势项的波动方程的生命跨度估*

本文研究了渐近欧氏流形上带有阻尼和位势的半线性波动方程的有限时间破裂以及解的生命跨度上界估计,其半线性项是形如c₁ |u_t|^p + c₂ |u|^p的混合项. 该问题与Strauss猜测和Glassey猜测紧密相关.