An Isaac Newton Institute Workshop

Einstein Constraint Equations

Singular solutions for the Yamabe equation

13th December 2005

Author: Pacard (Universite Paris 12)

Abstract

The existence of conformal metrics with constant (positive) scalar curvature on subdomains of the sphere is related to the existence of singular solutions for some semilinear elliptic equation.

I will review the sufficient conditions which are known to ensure the existence of singular solutions for this equation.