Estimates of the conformal scalar curvature equation via the method of moving planes

Abstract

In this paper we derive a local estimate of a positive singular solution u near its singular set Z of the conformal equation where K(x) is a positive continuous function, Z is a compact subset of , and g satisfies that is nonincreasing for t > 0. Assuming that the order of flatness at critical points of K on Z is no less than , we prove that, through the application of the method of moving planes, the inequality holds for any solution of (0.1) with Cap(Z) = 0. By the same method, we also derive a Harnack-type inequality for smooth positive solutions. Let u satisfy Assume that the order of flatness at critical points of K is no less than n - 2; then the inequality holds for R ≤ 1. We also show by examples that the assumption about the flatness at critical points is optimal for validity of the inequality (0.4). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.