On the stability of the Yamabe invariant of $S^3$

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Main Authors: Mazurowski, Liam, Yao, Xuan
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author Mazurowski, Liam
Yao, Xuan
author_facet Mazurowski, Liam
Yao, Xuan
contents Let $g$ be a complete, asymptotically flat metric on $\mathbb{R}^3$ with vanishing scalar curvature. Moreover, assume that $(\mathbb{R}^3,g)$ supports a nearly Euclidean $L^2$ Sobolev inequality. We prove that $(\mathbb{R}^3,g)$ must be close to Euclidean space with respect to the $d_p$-distance defined by Lee-Naber-Neumayer. We then discuss some consequences for the stability of the Yamabe invariant of $S^3$. More precisely, we show that if such a manifold $(\mathbb{R}^3,g)$ carries a suitably normalized, positive solution to $Δ_g w + λw^5 = 0$ then $w$ must be close, in a certain sense, to a conformal factor that transforms Euclidean space into a round sphere.
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spellingShingle On the stability of the Yamabe invariant of $S^3$
Mazurowski, Liam
Yao, Xuan
Differential Geometry
53C21
Let $g$ be a complete, asymptotically flat metric on $\mathbb{R}^3$ with vanishing scalar curvature. Moreover, assume that $(\mathbb{R}^3,g)$ supports a nearly Euclidean $L^2$ Sobolev inequality. We prove that $(\mathbb{R}^3,g)$ must be close to Euclidean space with respect to the $d_p$-distance defined by Lee-Naber-Neumayer. We then discuss some consequences for the stability of the Yamabe invariant of $S^3$. More precisely, we show that if such a manifold $(\mathbb{R}^3,g)$ carries a suitably normalized, positive solution to $Δ_g w + λw^5 = 0$ then $w$ must be close, in a certain sense, to a conformal factor that transforms Euclidean space into a round sphere.
title On the stability of the Yamabe invariant of $S^3$
topic Differential Geometry
53C21
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00815