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Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ with smooth boundary $partial M$. Suppose that $(M,g)$ admits a scalar-flat conformal metric. We prove that the supremum of the isoperimetric quotient over the scalar-flat conformal class is strictly larger than the best constant of the isoperimetric inequality in the Euclidean space, and consequently is achieved, if either (i) $nge 12$ and $partial M$ has a nonumbilic point; or (ii) $nge 10$, $partial M$ is umbilic and the Weyl tensor does not vanish at some boundary point.
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ with smooth boundary $partial M$, admitting a scalar-flat conformal metric. We prove that the supremum of the isoperimetric ratio over the scalar-flat conformal class is strictly larger than the best constant of the isoperimetric inequality in the Euclidean space, and consequently is achieved, if either (i) $9le nle 11$ and $partial M$ has a nonumbilic point; or (ii) $7le nle 9$, $partial M$ is umbilic and the Weyl tensor does not vanish identically on the boundary. This is a continuation of the work cite{Jin-Xiong} by the second named author and Xiong.
} In this article, we put forward a Neumann eigenvalue problem for the bi-harmonic operator $Delta^2$ on a bounded smooth domain $Om$ in the Euclidean $n$-space ${bf R}^n$ ($nge2$) and then prove that the corresponding first non-zero eigenvalue $Upsilon_1(Om)$ admits the isoperimetric inequality of Szego-Weinberger type: $Upsilon_1(Om)le Upsilon_1(B_{Om})$, where $B_{Om}$ is a ball in ${bf R}^n$ with the same volume of $Om$. The isoperimetric inequality of Szego-Weinberger type for the first nonzero Neumann eigenvalue of the even-multi-Laplacian operators $Delta^{2m}$ ($mge1$) on $Om$ is also exploited.
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