A positive answer to the generalized Chang-Yang conjecture on ${\mathbb{S}}^N$

Abstract

We prove that for every integer $N\ge 3$ and $\alpha \ge \frac{1}{2}$, Beckner's inequality \[ \fracα{2}\int_{\mathbb{S}^N}u(P_{N}u) dw+(N-1)!\int_{\mathbb{S}^N}u dw-\frac{(N-1)!}{N}\log\int_{\mathbb{S}^N}e^{Nu} dw\geq 0 \] holds for every $u\in H^{\frac{N}{2}}({\mathbb{S}}^N)$ whose center of mass is at the origin. The proof is mainly based on an integral representation formula and a rigidity theorem for stable critical points. Hence, we answer the generalized Chang-Yang conjecture positively for every integer $N\ge 3$.