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The scalar curvature problem on the four dimensional half sphere

  • 1. Departement de Mathematiques, Faculte des Sciences de Sfax, Route Soukra, Sfax (Tunisia)
  • 2. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (IT)
  • 3. Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite de Nouakchott, Nouakchott (MR)
  • 4. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn, Mathematisches Institut, Bonn (DE)

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In this paper, we consider the problem of prescribing the scalar curvature under minimal boundary conditions on the standard four dimensional half sphere. We provide an Euler-Hopf type criterion for a given function to be a scalar curvature for some metric conformal to the standard one. Our proof involves the study of critical points at infinity of the associated variational problem. (author)

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19 p.
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IC--2003/47

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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34085868
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GREEN FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MEASURE THEORY; METRICS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPHERES
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE

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