Unified results of compactness and existence for prescribing fractional $Q$-curvatures problem

Abstract

In this paper we study the problem of prescribing fractional $Q$-curvature of order $2\ddot{I}ƒ$ for a conformal metric on the standard sphere $\Sn$ with $\ddot{I}ƒ\in (0,n/2)$ and $n\ge 2$. Compactness and existence results are obtained in terms of the flatness order ${\hat{I}}^2$ of the prescribed curvature function $K$. Making use of integral representations and perturbation result, we develop a unified approach to obtain these results when ${\hat{I}}^2\in [n-2\ddot{I}ƒ,n)$ for all $\ddot{I}ƒ\in (0,n/2)$. This work generalizes the corresponding results of Jin-Li-Xiong [Math. Ann. 369: 109--151, 2017] for ${\hat{I}}^2\in (n-2\ddot{I}ƒ,n)$.

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