Conjecture on positive boundary value solutions under Ricci and convexity bounds

Let MnM^n be a compact Riemannian manifold with Ric0Ric\geq 0 and second fundamental form Π1\Pi\geq 1 on M\partial M. Let uu be a positive solution of

Δu=0 on M,uν+λu=uq on M,\Delta u=0 \text{ on } M,\qquad \frac{\partial u}{\partial\nu}+\lambda u=u^q \text{ on } \partial M,

where λ>0\lambda>0 and 1<qn/(n2)1<q\leq n/(n-2). The positive-solution conjecture. If 0<λ1/(q1)0<\lambda\leq 1/(q-1), then uu must be constant unless q=n/(n2)q=n/(n-2), MM is isometric to BnRn\overline{\mathbb{B}^n}\subset\mathbb{R}^n, and uu corresponds to

ua(x)=[2n21a21+a2x22xa](n2)/2u_a(x)=\left[\frac{2}{n-2}\frac{1-|a|^2}{1+|a|^2|x|^2-2x\cdot a}\right]^{(n-2)/2}

for some aBna\in\mathbb{B}^n. This is a rigidity conjecture for the critical nonlinear boundary problem; the supplied text does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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Xiaodong Wang, “On compact Riemannian manifolds with convex boundary and Ricci curvature bounded from below”, arXiv:1908.03069 (2020).

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