L3

: I will review various constructions and properties of complete constant scalar curvature metrics. I will emphasize the role played by the so called "Fowler's solutions" which give rise to metrics with cylindrical ends. I will also draw the parallel between these constructions and similar constructions which surprisingly (or not) appear in a different context : constant mean curvature surfaces and more recently the Allen-Cahn equation and some equation in the biological theory of pattern formation.