Linear and nonlinear stability for the Bach flow, I

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Hauptverfasser: Bahuaud, Eric, Guenther, Christine, Isenberg, James, Mazzeo, Rafe
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author Bahuaud, Eric
Guenther, Christine
Isenberg, James
Mazzeo, Rafe
author_facet Bahuaud, Eric
Guenther, Christine
Isenberg, James
Mazzeo, Rafe
contents In this paper we prove the linear stability of a gauge-modified version of the Bach flow on any complete manifold (M, h) of constant curvature. This involves some intricate calculations to obtain spectral bounds, and in particular introduces a higher order generalization of the well-known Koiso identity. We also prove nonlinear stability for the Bach flow if (M, h) is hyperbolic space, and more generally any Poincaré-Einstein space sufficiently close to h. In the forthcoming Part II of this project, we study the nonlinear stability question if M is either compact or else noncompact and flat, since those cases require different considerations involving a center manifold.
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spellingShingle Linear and nonlinear stability for the Bach flow, I
Bahuaud, Eric
Guenther, Christine
Isenberg, James
Mazzeo, Rafe
Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
58J35, 53E40, 35K
In this paper we prove the linear stability of a gauge-modified version of the Bach flow on any complete manifold (M, h) of constant curvature. This involves some intricate calculations to obtain spectral bounds, and in particular introduces a higher order generalization of the well-known Koiso identity. We also prove nonlinear stability for the Bach flow if (M, h) is hyperbolic space, and more generally any Poincaré-Einstein space sufficiently close to h. In the forthcoming Part II of this project, we study the nonlinear stability question if M is either compact or else noncompact and flat, since those cases require different considerations involving a center manifold.
title Linear and nonlinear stability for the Bach flow, I
topic Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
58J35, 53E40, 35K
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06633