Higher-order Bol inequality for normal solutions with bounded Q-curvature

Let n4n\geq 4 be an even integer, and let uu be a normal solution on Rn\mathbb{R}^n of

(Δ)n2u=Qenu(-\Delta)^{\frac{n}{2}}u=Qe^{nu}

with Q(x)(n1)!Q(x)\leq (n-1)!. The normalized integrated Q-curvature is α:=2(n1)!SnRnQenu,dx\alpha:=\frac{2}{(n-1)!|\mathbb{S}^n|}\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}Qe^{nu}\\,\mathrm{d}x.

Higher-order Bol inequality conjecture. One should have

Rnenu,dxSn,\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}e^{nu}\\,\mathrm{d}x\geq |\mathbb{S}^n|,

with equality if and only if Q(x)(n1)!Q(x)\equiv(n-1)!.

This conjecture seeks a volume comparison for conformal metrics with upper-bounded Q-curvature, extending the classical two-dimensional Bol inequality to higher even dimensions. The paper establishes the assertion in radially symmetric cases and for specified polynomial Q-curvatures, while the general case remains open.

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Mingxiang Li and Juncheng Wei, “Higher order Bol's inequality and its applications”, arXiv:2308.11388 (2024).

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