Asymptotic analysis for fourth order Paneitz equations with critical growth

We investigate fourth order Paneitz equations of critical growth in the case of $n$-dimensional closed conformally flat manifolds, $n \ge 5$. Such equations arise from conformal geometry and are modelized on the Einstein case of the geometric equation describing the effects of conformal changes of metrics on the $Q$-curvature. We obtain sharp asymptotics for arbitrary bounded energy sequences of solutions of our equations from which we derive stability and compactness properties. In doing so we establish the criticality of the geometric equation with respect to the trace of its second order terms.Comment: 35 pages. To appear in "Advances in the Calculus of Variations

Sharp Nash inequalities on manifolds with boundary in the presence of symmetries

In this paper we establish the best constant $\widetilde A_{opt}(\bar{M})$ for the Trace Nash inequality on a $n-$dimensional compact Riemannian manifold in the presence of symmetries, which is an improvement over the classical case due to the symmetries which arise and reflect the geometry of manifold. This is particularly true when the data of the problem is invariant under the action of an arbitrary compact subgroup $G$ of the isometry group $Is(M,g)$, where all the orbits have infinite cardinal

Remarks on the extension of the Ricci flow

We present two new conditions to extend the Ricci flow on a compact manifold over a finite time, which are improvements of some known extension theorems.Comment: 9 pages, to appear in Journal of Geometric Analysi

Rigidity of noncompact complete Bach-flat manifolds

Let $(M,g)$ be a noncompact complete Bach-flat manifold with positive Yamabe constant. We prove that $(M,g)$ is flat if $(M, g)$ has zero scalar curvature and sufficiently small $L_{2}$ bound of curvature tensor. When $(M, g)$ has nonconstant scalar curvature, we prove that $(M, g)$ is conformal to the flat space if $(M, g)$ has sufficiently small $L_2$ bound of curvature tensor and $L_{4/3}$ bound of scalar curvature.Comment: 10 pages, To appear J. Geom. Physic

Function Spaces on Singular Manifolds

It is shown that most of the well-known basic results for Sobolev-Slobodeckii and Bessel potential spaces, known to hold on bounded smooth domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$, continue to be valid on a wide class of Riemannian manifolds with singularities and boundary, provided suitable weights, which reflect the nature of the singularities, are introduced. These results are of importance for the study of partial differential equations on piece-wise smooth domains.Comment: 37 pages, 1 figure, final version, augmented by additional references; to appear in Math. Nachrichte