A non-compactness result on the fractional Yamabe problem in large dimensions
Let (Xn+1,g+) be an (n+1)-dimensional asymptotically hyperbolic manifold with a conformal infinity (Mn,[h]). The fractional Yamabe problem addresses to solve Pγ[g+,h](u)=cun+2γn−2γ,u>0on M where c∈R and Pγ[g+,h] is the fractional conformal Laplacian whose principal symbol is (−Δ)γ. In this paper, we construct a metric on the half space X=Rn+1+, which is conformally equivalent to the unit ball, for which the solution set of the fractional Yamabe equation is non-compact provided that n≥24 for γ∈(0,γ∗) and n≥25 for γ∈[γ∗,1) where γ∗∈(0,1) is a certain transition exponent. The value of γ∗ turns out to be approximately 0.940197. This is a joint work with Seunghyeok Kim and Juncheng Wei