Existence and non existence results for the singular Nirenberg problem
| Autor: | Rafael López-Soriano, Francesca De Marchis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Surface (mathematics)
Pure mathematics Liouville equations inequality Conformal map conformal metrics 01 natural sciences 35J20 (Primary) 35R01 53A30 (Secondary) symbols.namesake Singularity Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs FOS: Mathematics Gaussian curvature 0101 mathematics Mathematics compact surfaces Applied Mathematics 010102 general mathematics Conical surface mean-field equations Exponential type 010101 applied mathematics Metric (mathematics) symbols Gravitational singularity Analysis Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) |
| Popis: | In this paper we study the problem, posed by Troyanov, of prescribing the Gaussian curvature under a conformal change of the metric on surfaces with conical singularities. Such geometrical problem can be reduced to the solvability of a nonlinear PDE with exponential type non-linearity admitting a variational structure. In particular, we are concerned with the case where the prescribed function $K$ changes sign. When the surface is the standard sphere, namely for the singular Nirenberg problem, by a min-max approach and a new compactness argument we give sufficient conditions on $K$, concerning mainly the regularity of its nodal line and the topology of its positive nodal region, to be the Gaussian curvature of a conformal metric with assigned conical singularities. Besides, we find a class of functions on $\mathbb{S}^2$ which do not verify our conditions and which can not be realized as the Gaussian curvature of any conformal metric with one conical singularity. This shows that our result is somehow sharp. 36 pages |
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