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On the local Nirenberg problem for σk-type curvatures

Philippe Delanoë

Vol. 234 (2008), No. 2, 289–294
Abstract

This note is about the Nirenberg problem for a class of second-order fully nonlinear scalar curvature operators, namely those that are nondegenerate symmetric functions of the eigenvalues of the Schouten tensor. Near the standard metric in its conformal class, we prove the nonconstrainability of their local image, local existence à la Fredholm and local solvability under a symmetry assumption à la Moser. We include a remark on the Kazdan–Warner identities for the σk-curvatures.

Keywords
Nirenberg problem, Schouten tensor, fully nonlinear scalar curvature, Kazdan–Warner identities, local image, nonconstrainability, local existence, symmetry
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 35J60, 53C21
Secondary: 58J60
Milestones
Received: 27 February 2007
Revised: 2 October 2007
Accepted: 29 October 2007
Published: 1 February 2008
Authors
Philippe Delanoë
Université de Nice–Sophia Antipolis
Laboratoire J.-A. Dieudonné
Parc Valrose
F-06108 Nice CEDEX 2
France
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