Conjecture on positive boundary value solutions under Ricci and convexity bounds

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

Δu=0 on M,∂u∂ν+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<q≤n/(n−2)1<q\leq n/(n-2). The positive-solution conjecture. If 0<λ≤1/(q−1)0<\lambda\leq 1/(q-1), then uu must be constant unless q=n/(n−2)q=n/(n-2), MM is isometric to Bn‾⊂Rn\overline{\mathbb{B}^n}\subset\mathbb{R}^n, and uu corresponds to

ua(x)=[2n−21−∣a∣21+∣a∣2∣x∣2−2x⋅a](n−2)/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 a∈Bna\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.

References

Primary source

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

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