A compactness theorem for scalar-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary

Abstract

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. This paper is concerned with the set of scalar-flat metrics which are in the conformal class of g and have the boundary as a constant mean curvature hypersurface. We prove that this set is compact for dimensions greater than or equal to 7 under the generic condition that the trace-free 2nd fundamental form of the boundary is nonzero everywhere.

49 pages. Final version, to appear in Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations