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Existence of conformal metrics with constant Q-curvature

Zindine Djadli, Andrea Malchiodi

math.AParXiv:math/0410141

Abstract

Given a compact four dimensional manifold, we prove existence of conformal metrics with constant Q-curvature under generic assumptions. The problem amounts to solving a fourth-order nonlinear elliptic equation with variational structure. Since the corresponding Euler functional is in general unbounded from above and from below, we employ topological methods and minimax schemes, jointly with a compactness result by the second author.

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