Abstract
We study a class of fourth order geometric equations defined on a 4-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold which includes the Q-curvature equation. We obtain sharp estimates on the difference near the blow-up points between a bubbling sequence of solutions and the standard bubble.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3895-3929 |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| Journal | Journal of Functional Analysis |
| Volume | 257 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Dec 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Blowup analysis
- Conformally invariant equations
- Fourth order equation
- Paneitz operator
- Q-curvature