Wang's classification conjecture for semilinear subelliptic equations on CR manifolds

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Let MM be a closed, oriented, strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold of hypersurface type with pseudohermitian structure θ\theta, and suppose that

Ric⁡(Z,Z)⩾(n+1)⟨Z,Z⟩Lθ,Tor⁡(Z,Z)=0,\operatorname{Ric}(Z,Z)\geqslant (n+1)\langle Z,Z\rangle_{L_\theta},\qquad \operatorname{Tor}(Z,Z)=0,

for every Z∈T(1,0)MZ\in T^{(1,0)}M. Let α>1\alpha>1, λ>0\lambda>0, and let u∈C∞(M)u\in C^\infty(M) be positive and satisfy

Δu−λu+uα=0.\Delta u-\lambda u+u^\alpha=0.

Wang's conjecture. If 1<α⩽n+2n1<\alpha\leqslant\frac{n+2}{n} and λ⩽n2(α−1)\lambda\leqslant\frac{n}{2(\alpha-1)}, then the only positive solution is u≡λ1α−1u\equiv\lambda^{\frac{1}{\alpha-1}}. Otherwise, α=n+2n\alpha=\frac{n+2}{n}, λ=n24\lambda=\frac{n^2}{4}, and (M2n+1,θ)(M^{2n+1},\theta) is the standard CR sphere (S2n+1,θc)(\mathbb S^{2n+1},\theta_c), with some s⩾0s\geqslant0 and ξ∈S2n+1\xi\in\mathbb S^{2n+1} such that

u(z)=cn,s∣cosh⁡s+(sinh⁡s)⟨z,ξ⟩∣−n,z∈S2n+1.u(z)=c_{n,s}|\cosh s+(\sinh s)\langle z,\xi\rangle|^{-n},\qquad z\in\mathbb S^{2n+1}.

This conjecture extends the known classification at the critical exponent and is intended to classify all positive smooth solutions in the stated subcritical and critical parameter ranges under the curvature and torsion condition. Its resolution is not supplied in the source.

References

Primary source

Xi-Nan Ma, Qianzhong Ou and Tian Wu, “Jerison-Lee identity and Semi-linear subelliptic equation on CR manifold”, arXiv:2311.16428 (2024).

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