Limit behavior of distinguished angles at the Sobolev critical exponent

Let Θ\overline{\Theta} be the angle from Corollary B(iv), and let Θ\Theta^* be the angle from Theorem C, for the Emden–Fowler problem on a spherical cap. Critical-exponent limit conjecture. If N4N\ge 4, then

Θ0andΘ0(ppS).\overline{\Theta}\to 0\quad\text{and}\quad\Theta^*\to 0\qquad (p\downarrow p_{\rm S}).

If N=3N=3, then

Θπ2andΘπ2(ppS).\overline{\Theta}\to\frac{\pi}{2}\quad\text{and}\quad\Theta^*\to\frac{\pi}{2}\qquad (p\downarrow p_{\rm S}).

This concerns the change in solution structure as the exponent approaches the Sobolev critical exponent from above; the supplied text presents it as a conjectural statement and gives no resolution.

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Atsushi Kosaka and Yasuhito Miyamoto, “The Emden-Fowler equation on a spherical cap of S^N”, arXiv:1912.11239 (2019).

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