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Around the A.D. Alexandrov's theorem on a characterization of a sphere

Differential Geometry 2012-12-21 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

This is a survey paper on various results relates to the following theorem first proved by A.D. Alexandrov: \textit{Let SS be an analytic convex sphere-homeomorphic surface in R3\mathbb R^3 and let k1(x)k2(x)k_1(\boldsymbol{x})\leqslant k_2(\boldsymbol{x}) be its principal curvatures at the point x\boldsymbol{x}. If the inequalities k1(x)kk2(x)k_1(\boldsymbol{x})\leqslant k\leqslant k_2(\boldsymbol{x}) hold true with some constant kk for all xS\boldsymbol{x}\in S then SS is a sphere.} The imphases is on a result of Y. Martinez-Maure who first proved that the above statement is not valid for convex C2C^2-surfaces. For convenience of the reader, in addendum we give a Russian translation of that paper by Y. Martinez-Maure originally published in French in \textit{C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, S\'{e}r. I, Math.} {\bf 332} (2001), 41--44.

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@article{arxiv.1212.5047,
  title  = {Around the A.D. Alexandrov's theorem on a characterization of a sphere},
  author = {Victor Alexandrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5047},
  year   = {2012}
}

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In Russian. 12 pages, 2 figures