We develop a compactness result near the boundary for families of locally convex immersions. We also develop a mod 2 degree theory for immersion of constant (and prescribed) Gaussian curvature with prescribed boundary. These are then used to solve the Plateau problem for immersions of constant (and prescribed) Gaussian…
The paper tackles prescribing discrete Gaussian curvature on polyhedral surfaces.
problem Prescribing discrete Gaussian curvature on polyhedral surfaces.
method Discrete conformal theory and variational principles with constraints.
result Proves Kazdan-Warner type theorems for polyhedral surfaces.
New method approximates Gaussian curvature on discrete surfaces.
problem Approximating solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature problem.
method Discrete conformality and convex functional minimization.
result Efficient numerical method to compute solutions.
New approach to prescribing Gaussian curvature on spheres with conical singularities.
problem Prescribing Gaussian curvature on the 2-sphere with conical singularities.
method Variational methods not relying on Moser-Trudinger inequality, plus precompactness theorem.
result Sufficient conditions for a positive function to be the Gaussian curvature of a conformal conical metric.
Study on surfaces with conical singularities and geodesic boundaries, deriving existence results.
problem Existence of conformal metrics with prescribed Gaussian curvature on surfaces with conical singularities and geodesic boundaries.
method Variational argument to derive existence results for surfaces with at least two boundary components.
result First result in this setting for surfaces with conical singularities of both positive and negative orders.
We extend recent results of Guan and Spruck, proving existence results for constant Gaussian curvature hypersurfaces in Hadamard manifolds.
The paper solves curvature prescription on a disk with negative Gaussian curvature.
problem Prescribing Gaussian curvature and geodesic curvature on a disk with negative Gaussian curvature.
method Variational approach, critical points of a functional, perturbation argument, monotonicity trick, blow-up analysis, Morse index estimates.
result General existence results for the curvature prescription problem.
Study on compact Kähler surfaces for sign-changing curvatures.
problem Prescribing sign-changing Chern scalar curvatures on compact Kähler surfaces.
method Established a Chen-Li type existence theorem and provided an alternative proof.
result Alternative proof of Ding-Liu's theorem on sign-changing Gaussian curvatures.
Paper solves curvature assignment on surfaces with sharp points and edges.
problem Prescribing curvatures on surfaces with conical singularities and corners.
method New variational formulation for surfaces with singularities.
result First results for prescribed curvatures on surfaces with singularities.
The paper solves a curvature problem in hyperbolic space using a flow approach.
problem Prescribed Gaussian curvature problem in hyperbolic space.
method Flow approach to prove existence and uniqueness of solutions.
result Existence and uniqueness of solutions for α≥n+1. The paper establishes a discrete uniformization theorem for surfaces with piecewise hyperbolic metrics.
problem Finding decorated piecewise hyperbolic metrics with prescribed combinatorial curvature.
method Introduced combinatorial α-Ricci flow with surgery to handle potential singularities and prove longtime existence and convergence.
result Existence of decorated piecewise hyperbolic metrics with prescribed combinatorial α-curvature.
In this note, we prove that the abstract gradient flow introduced by Baird-Fardoun-Regbaoui \cite{BFR}is well-posed on a closed Riemann surface with conical singularity. Long time existence and convergence of the flow are proved under certain assumptions. As an application, the prescribed Gaussian curvature problem is …
The paper solves curvature prescription problems on balls and disks.
problem Prescribing Gaussian and boundary geodesic curvature on a disk, and scalar and mean curvature on a ball.
method Ljapunov-Schmidt procedure for existence results.
result New existence results for prescribed functions close to constants.
The paper finds circle packings with specific curvatures in hyperbolic geometry.
problem Finding circle packings with prescribed total geodesic curvatures and discrete Gaussian curvatures.
method Established existence and rigidity via variational principle, introduced combinatorial p-th Calabi flows.
result Introduced combinatorial p-th Calabi flows to find circle packings with prescribed curvatures.
The abstract finds conditions for creating curves of constant curvature.
problem Finding conditions for closed embedded curves of constant curvature.
method Using Almgren-Pitts min-max method for geodesic curvature.
result Closed embedded curves of any prescribed constant curvature found in S2. The paper solves a geometric problem using curvature flow and variational methods.
problem The Lp-Gaussian Minkowski problem in the Euclidean space. method Gauss curvature flow and Aleksandrov's variational method with Lagrange multipliers.
result The flow converges to a smooth solution of the Lp-Gaussian Minkowski problem. The paper solves a problem in metric geometry for disks with negative curvature.
problem Prescribing negative Gaussian curvature on the disk and boundary geodesic curvature.
method Variational approach and refined blow-up analysis for approximated problems.
result Existence of solutions under natural curvature assumptions.
Solves curvature prescription on rotational surfaces.
problem Prescribing different types of curvatures on rotational surfaces.
method Using arbitrary continuous functions of distance from axis of revolution.
result Complete classification of surfaces with specific curvature relationships.
Let M be a compact Riemannian manifold and E a Riemannian vector bundle on M. We look for hypersurfaces of E with a prescribed vertical Gaussian curvature. In trying to solve this problem fibre-wise, we loose the regularity of the resulting solution. To unsure the smoothness of the solution, we construct it as a radial…
Paper finds conformal metrics on a disk with specific curvatures.
problem Existence of conformal metrics with prescribed Gaussian and geodesic curvatures.
method Computation of Leray-Schauder degree in a compact setting.
result Existence results under conditions involving both curvatures.
Prescribing σk curvature equations are fully nonlinear generalizations of the prescribing Gaussian or scalar curvature equations. Given a positive function K to be prescribed on the 4-dimensional round sphere. We obtain asymptotic profile analysis for potentially blowing up solutions to the σ2 curvature equatio…
We prove new results on existence of solutions for the prescribed gaussian curvature problem on the euclidean sphere S^2. Those results are achieved by relating this problem with the holomorphic triples theory on Riemann surfaces. We think this approach might be applied to study some other semi-linear elliptic equation…
New neural network solves Nirenberg problem for curvature on sphere.
problem Prescribing Gaussian curvature on S2 for metrics conformal to the round metric. method Mesh-free physics-informed neural network (PINN) that directly parametrises the conformal factor.
result Neural network achieves very low losses for realisable curvatures, distinguishing them from non-realisable ones.
The problem of prescribing Gaussian curvature on Riemann surface with conical singularity is considered. Let (Σ,β) be a closed Riemann surface with a divisor β, and Kλ=K+λ, where K:Σ→R is a Hölder continuous function satisfying maxΣK=0, K≡0, and λ∈R. If the Eule…
This paper concerns the global theory of properly embedded spacelike surfaces in three-dimensional Minkowski space in relation to their Gaussian curvature. We prove that every regular domain which is not a wedge is uniquely foliated by properly embedded convex surfaces of constant Gaussian curvature. This is a conseque…
In this note, we study the curvature flow to Nirenberg problem on S2 with non-negative nonlinearity. This flow was introduced by Brendle and Struwe. Our result is that the Nirenberg problems has a solution provided the prescribed non-negative Gaussian curvature f has its positive part, which possesses non-degenera…
We consider two natural problems arising in geometry which are equivalent to the local solvability of specific equations of Monge-Ampere type. These two problems are: the local isometric embedding problem for two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, and the problem of locally prescribed Gaussian curvature for surfaces in …
Study on the convergence rate of prescribed scalar curvature flow.
problem Prescribing scalar curvature on manifolds.
method Inspired by Yamabe flow convergence rate study, analyze the prescribed scalar curvature flow convergence rate.
result Determine the convergence rate of the prescribed scalar curvature flow.
Analog to the classical result of Kazdan-Warner for the existence of solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature equation on compact 2-manifolds without boundary, it is widely known that if (M,g0) is a closed 4-manifold with zero Q-curvature and if f is any non-constant, smooth, sign-changing function with $\…
The study finds multiple conformal metrics with specific curvature properties on compact surfaces.
problem Finding conformal metrics with prescribed Gaussian and geodesic curvatures on compact surfaces.
method Employing the method from Borer et al. (2015), analyzing the blowing up behavior of large solutions.
result Derives a new Liouville-type result for the half-space, eliminating one blow-up profile.
The paper proves a theorem for discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces.
problem Discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces with nonpositive Euler number.
method Discrete conformal theory and variational principles with constraints.
result Each decorated piecewise Euclidean metric on surfaces with nonpositive Euler number is discrete conformal to a metric with a specific discrete curvature constant.
Paper estimates curvature of convex hypersurfaces with prescribed curvature.
problem Estimating curvature of p-convex hypersurfaces with prescribed curvature. method Establishes curvature estimates for p-convex hypersurfaces in Rn+1 with p≥2n. result Proves existence of star-shaped hypersurface of prescribed curvature and interior C2 estimates. It is proved that the equality Δln∣κ−λ∣=6κ, where κ is the Gaussian curvature of a metric tensor g on a 2-dimensional manifold is a sufficient and necessary condition for local realizability of the metric as the Blaschke metric of some affine sphere.
In this paper, for the Lorentz manifold M2×R, with M2 a 2-dimensional complete surface with nonnegative Gaussian curvature, we investigate its space-like graphs over compact strictly convex domains in M2, which are evolving by the non-parametric mean curvature flow with prescribed contact…
Proves existence and uniqueness of Killing graphs with prescribed curvature.
problem Existence and uniqueness of Killing graphs with prescribed curvature.
method Proves existence and uniqueness of Killing graphs with prescribed mean curvature considering non-constant functions.
result Existence and uniqueness of Killing graphs with prescribed curvature.
We consider two natural problems arising in geometry which are equivalent to the local solvability of specific equations of Monge-Ampere type. These are: the problem of locally prescribed Gaussian curvature for surfaces in R^3, and the local isometric embedding problem for two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. We prove…
Theory proves existence of hypersurfaces with prescribed curvature.
problem Existence of hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature in noncompact manifolds.
method Developed min-max theory for noncompact manifolds.
result Proved existence of closed and finite area hypersurfaces.
In this work, we study graphs in $\M^n\times\Real$ that are evolving by the mean curvature flow over a bounded domain on $\M^n$, with prescribed contact angle in the boundary. We prove that solutions converge to translating surfaces in $\M^n\times\Real$. Also, for a Riemannian manifold $\M^2$ with negative Gaussian cur…
Paper solves Dirichlet problem for p-convex hypersurfaces with curvature constraints.
problem Solving the Dirichlet problem for p-convex hypersurfaces with prescribed curvature. method Proved existence of a graphic hypersurface satisfying the prescribed curvature equation with homogeneous boundary condition, obtained an interior curvature estimate.
result Existence of a graphic hypersurface satisfying the prescribed curvature equation with homogeneous boundary condition.
The paper solves a curvature problem on a ball's surface near constant values.
problem Prescribing almost constant curvatures on a manifold with boundary.
method Perturbative approach and ansatz by Han and Li.
result New existence results for conformal metrics when curvatures are near constants.
Study on prescribing Ricci curvature on compact Lie groups.
problem Prescribing Ricci curvature in naturally reductive metrics on compact Lie groups.
method Derive necessary and sufficient conditions for solvability.
result Provide a series of examples.
The paper constructs surfaces with prescribed mean curvature in a specific space.
problem Finding surfaces with a given mean curvature in a particular geometric space.
method Phase plane analysis to construct entire rotational graphs and catenoid-type surfaces.
result Classification result for surfaces with linearly prescribed mean curvature.
Proves optimal regularity for sphere minimizers in 3-sphere.
problem Finding optimal regularity for sphere minimizers.
method Proves C1,1 regularity for minimizers of prescribed mean curvature over isotopy classes. result Proves optimal C1,1 regularity for minimizers. Paper solves degenerated circle pattern metric problem in spherical geometry.
problem Existence and rigidity of (degenerated) circle pattern metrics with prescribed total geodesic curvatures.
method Defined prescribed combinatorial Ricci flows and studied their convergence.
result First degenerated result for total geodesic curvatures in spherical background geometry.
Proves existence of graph on torus with prescribed curvature.
problem Existence of graphs with prescribed mean curvature on torus.
method Proves existence using graph theory and curvature conditions.
result Existence of a graph on the n-dimensional torus with prescribed curvature.
Utilizing a weight matrix we study surfaces of prescribed weighted mean curvature which yield a natural generalisation to critical points of anisotropic surface energies. We first derive a differential equation for the normal of immersions with prescribed weighted mean curvature, generalising a result of Clarenz and vo…
Study on t-graphs with prescribed mean curvature in Heisenberg groups.
problem Existence and uniqueness of t-graphs with prescribed mean curvature. method Characterization of classical solutions without Dirichlet boundary data, conditions for uniqueness, approximation technique for non-constant mean curvature.
result Conditions for existence and uniqueness of t-graphs in Heisenberg groups. Study convex capillary hypersurfaces with prescribed curvature in a spherical cap.
problem Prescribed curvature problem for convex capillary hypersurfaces.
method Reformulated as Hessian quotient equation with Robin boundary condition.
result Existence of strictly convex capillary hypersurface with prescribed curvature.