Nonexistence of minimizers for the second conformal eigenvalue near the round sphere in low dimensions
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| author | Premoselli, Bruno Vétois, Jérôme |
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| contents | We consider the problem of minimizing the second conformal eigenvalue of the conformal Laplacian in a conformal class of metrics with renormalized volume. We prove, in dimensions $n\in\left\{3,\dotsc,10\right\}$, that a minimizer for this problem does not exist for metrics sufficiently close to the round metric on the sphere. This is in striking contrast with the situation in dimensions $n \ge 11$, where Ammann and Humbert obtained the existence of minimizers for the second conformal eigenvalue on any smooth closed non-locally conformally flat manifold. As a byproduct of our techniques, we also obtain a lower bound on the energy of sign-changing solutions of the \nobreak Yamabe equation in dimensions 3, 4 and 5, which extends a result obtained by Weth in the case of the round sphere. |
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| spellingShingle | Nonexistence of minimizers for the second conformal eigenvalue near the round sphere in low dimensions Premoselli, Bruno Vétois, Jérôme Differential Geometry Analysis of PDEs 58C40, 47J10, 35J60, 35P99, We consider the problem of minimizing the second conformal eigenvalue of the conformal Laplacian in a conformal class of metrics with renormalized volume. We prove, in dimensions $n\in\left\{3,\dotsc,10\right\}$, that a minimizer for this problem does not exist for metrics sufficiently close to the round metric on the sphere. This is in striking contrast with the situation in dimensions $n \ge 11$, where Ammann and Humbert obtained the existence of minimizers for the second conformal eigenvalue on any smooth closed non-locally conformally flat manifold. As a byproduct of our techniques, we also obtain a lower bound on the energy of sign-changing solutions of the \nobreak Yamabe equation in dimensions 3, 4 and 5, which extends a result obtained by Weth in the case of the round sphere. |
| title | Nonexistence of minimizers for the second conformal eigenvalue near the round sphere in low dimensions |
| topic | Differential Geometry Analysis of PDEs 58C40, 47J10, 35J60, 35P99, |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07823 |