An existence theorem for the Yamabe problem on manifolds with boundary

  • Simon Brendle

    Columbia University, New York, United States
  • Szu-Yu Sophie Chen

    Princeton University, USA

Abstract

Let be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. We consider the problem (first studied by Escobar in 1992) of finding a conformal metric with constant scalar curvature in the interior and zero mean curvature on the boundary. Using a local test function construction, we are able to settle most cases left open by Escobar's work. Moreover, we reduce the remaining cases to the positive mass theorem.

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Simon Brendle, Szu-Yu Sophie Chen, An existence theorem for the Yamabe problem on manifolds with boundary. J. Eur. Math. Soc. 16 (2014), no. 5, pp. 991–1016

DOI 10.4171/JEMS/453