Conformal-class characterization of negatively infinite Yamabe constant

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Let MM be a nonempty manifold of dimension n≥3n\geq 3, and let g∈Metr⁡(M)g\in\operatorname{Metr}(M). For a metric g‾\overline{g} conformal to gg, write (scal⁡g‾)−({\operatorname{scal}}_{\overline{g}})_- for the negative part of its scalar curvature and measure its Ln/2L^{n/2}-norm with respect to g‾\overline{g}. Conformal-class characterization. The equality YM(g)=−∞Y_M(g)=-\infty holds if and only if

∥(scal⁡g‾)−∥Ln/2(g‾)=∞\big\lVert({\operatorname{scal}}_{\overline{g}})_-\big\rVert_{L^{n/2}(\overline{g})}=\infty

for every metric g‾\overline{g} in the conformal class of gg. The preceding discussion explains that finite Ln/2L^{n/2}-norm implies YM(g)>−∞Y_M(g)>-\infty, while the converse for the original metric can fail because the norm is not conformally invariant; the statement proposes that this is the only obstruction.

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Nadine Große and Marc Nardmann, “The Yamabe constant on noncompact manifolds”, arXiv:1206.0610 (2012).

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