Liouville theorem of the subcritical biharmonic equation on complete manifolds

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Main Authors: Ma, Xi-Nan, Wu, Tian, Wu, Wangzhe
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author Ma, Xi-Nan
Wu, Tian
Wu, Wangzhe
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Wu, Tian
Wu, Wangzhe
contents In this paper, we study the subcritical biharmonic equation \[Δ^2 u=u^α\] on a complete, connected, and non-compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Using the method of invariant tensors, we derive a differential identity to obtain a Liouville theorem, i.e., there is no positive $C^4$ solution if $n\geqslant5$ and $1<α<\frac{n+4}{n-4}$. We establish a crucial second-order derivative estimate, which is established via Bernstein's technique and the continuity method.
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spellingShingle Liouville theorem of the subcritical biharmonic equation on complete manifolds
Ma, Xi-Nan
Wu, Tian
Wu, Wangzhe
Analysis of PDEs
In this paper, we study the subcritical biharmonic equation \[Δ^2 u=u^α\] on a complete, connected, and non-compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Using the method of invariant tensors, we derive a differential identity to obtain a Liouville theorem, i.e., there is no positive $C^4$ solution if $n\geqslant5$ and $1<α<\frac{n+4}{n-4}$. We establish a crucial second-order derivative estimate, which is established via Bernstein's technique and the continuity method.
title Liouville theorem of the subcritical biharmonic equation on complete manifolds
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14497