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    Blow-up Theory for Elliptic PDEs in Riemannian Geometry (MN-45)
    Blow-up Theory for Elliptic PDEs in Riemannian Geometry (MN-45)
    Blow-up Theory for Elliptic PDEs in Riemannian Geometry (MN-45)
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    Blow-up Theory for Elliptic PDEs in Riemannian Geometry (MN-45)

    By Olivier Druet, Emmanuel Hebey and Frédéric Robert

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    Elliptic equations of critical Sobolev growth have been the target of investigation for decades because they have proved to be of great importance in analysis, geometry, and physics. The equations studied here are of the well-known Yamabe type. They involve Schrödinger operators on the left hand side and a critical nonlinearity on the right hand side.


    A significant development in the study of such equations occurred in the 1980s. It was discovered that the sequence splits into a solution of the limit equation--a finite sum of bubbles--and a rest that converges strongly to zero in the Sobolev space consisting of square integrable functions whose gradient is also square integrable. This splitting is known as the integral theory for blow-up. In this book, the authors develop the pointwise theory for blow-up. They introduce new ideas and methods that lead to sharp pointwise estimates. These estimates have important applications when dealing with sharp constant problems (a case where the energy is minimal) and compactness results (a case where the energy is arbitrarily large). The authors carefully and thoroughly describe pointwise behavior when the energy is arbitrary.


    Intended to be as self-contained as possible, this accessible book will interest graduate students and researchers in a range of mathematical fields.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrinceton University Press
    Release dateJan 10, 2009
    ISBN9781400826162
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      Blow-up Theory for Elliptic PDEs in Riemannian Geometry (MN-45) - Olivier Druet

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      Contents

      Preface

      Chapter 1. Background Material

      1.1 Riemannian Geometry

      1.2 Basics in Nonlinear Analysis

      Chapter 2. The Model Equations

      2.1 Palais-Smale Sequences

      2.2 Strong Solutions of Minimal Energy

      2.3 Strong Solutions of High Energies

      2.4 The Case of the Sphere

      Chapter 3. Blow-up Theory in Sobolev Spaces

      3.1 The H²1-Decomposition for Palais-Smale Sequences

      3.2 Subtracting a Bubble and Nonnegative Solutions

      3.3 The De Giorgi–Nash–Moser Iterative Scheme for Strong Solutions

      Chapter 4. Exhaustion and Weak Pointwise Estimates

      4.1 Weak Pointwise Estimates

      4.2 Exhaustion of Blow-up Points

      Chapter 5. Asymptotics When the Energy Is of Minimal Type

      5.1 Strong Convergence and Blow-up

      5.2 Sharp Pointwise Estimates

      Chapter 6. Asymptotics When the Energy Is Arbitrary

      6.1 A Fundamental Estimate: 1

      6.2 A Fundamental Estimate: 2

      6.3 Asymptotic Behavior

      Appendix A. The Green’s Function on Compact Manifolds

      Appendix B. Coercivity Is a Necessary Condition

      Bibliography

      Preface

      However, the material we present in these notes is applicable to more general equations.

      The authors thank Ellen Foos, Vickie Kearn, Alison Kalett, Jennifer Slater and the Princeton University Press for their constant support, their efficiency, and the wonderful job they did in the preparation of the manuscript.

      The Authors

      Paris, July 2003

      Chapter One

      Background Material

      We recall in this chapter basic facts concerning Riemannian geometry and nonlinear analysis on manifolds. For reasons of length, we are obliged to be succinct and partial. Possible references are Chavel [20], do Carmo [22], Gallot-Hulin-Lafontaine [36], Hebey [43], Jost [50], Kobayashi-Nomizu [53], Sakai [65], and Spivak [72].As

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