In this paper, we investigate the existence of a positive solution to the Einstein-scalar field Lichnerowicz equation on the compact Riemannian manifold; we use a variational method which allows us to derive a new existence result which depends on the spectral properties of an appropriate operator. A Kazdan and Warner type obstruction is also found in the specific case when the initial value for the scalar field is a constant in the standard unit sphere.
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