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

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,ZLθ,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 ZT(1,0)MZ\in T^{(1,0)}M. Let α>1\alpha>1, λ>0\lambda>0, and let uC(M)u\in C^\infty(M) be positive and satisfy

Δuλu+uα=0.\Delta u-\lambda u+u^\alpha=0.

Wang's conjecture. If 1<αn+2n1<\alpha\leqslant\frac{n+2}{n} and λn2(α1)\lambda\leqslant\frac{n}{2(\alpha-1)}, then the only positive solution is uλ1α1u\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 s0s\geqslant0 and ξS2n+1\xi\in\mathbb S^{2n+1} such that

u(z)=cn,scoshs+(sinhs)z,ξn,zS2n+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.

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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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