## Revista Matemática Iberoamericana

### Constant curvature foliations in asymptotically hyperbolic spaces

#### Abstract

Let $(M,g)$ be an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold with a smooth conformal compactification. We establish a general correspondence between semilinear elliptic equations of scalar curvature type on $\partial M$ and Weingarten foliations in some neighbourhood of infinity in $M$. We focus mostly on foliations where each leaf has constant mean curvature, though our results apply equally well to foliations where the leaves have constant $\sigma_k$-curvature. In particular, we prove the existence of a unique foliation near infinity in any quasi-Fuchsian 3-manifold by surfaces with constant Gauss curvature. There is a subtle interplay between the precise terms in the expansion for $g$ and various properties of the foliation. Unlike other recent works in this area, by Rigger ([The foliation of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds by surfaces of constant mean curvature (including the evolution equations and estimates). Manuscripta Math. 113 (2004), 403-421]) and Neves-Tian ([Existence and uniqueness of constant mean curvature foliation of asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Geom. Funct. Anal. 19 (2009), no.3, 910-942], [Existence and uniqueness of constant mean curvature foliation of asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds. II. J. Reine Angew. Math. 641 (2010), 69-93]), we work in the context of conformally compact spaces, which are more general than perturbations of the AdS-Schwarzschild space, but we do assume a nondegeneracy condition.

#### Article information

Source
Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, Volume 27, Number 1 (2011), 303-333.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 4 February 2011

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmi/1296828836

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2815739

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1214.53024

#### Citation

Mazzeo, Rafe; Pacard, Frank. Constant curvature foliations in asymptotically hyperbolic spaces. Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana 27 (2011), no. 1, 303--333. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmi/1296828836

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