Defining Curvature as a Measure via Gauss-Bonnet on Certain Singular Surfaces
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2018-07-02 v1
Abstract
We show how to define curvature as a measure using the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem on a family of singular surfaces obtained by gluing together smooth surfaces along boundary curves. We find an explicit formula for the curvature measure as a sum of three types of measures: absolutely continuous measures, measures supported on singular curves, and discrete measures supported on singular points. We discuss the spectral asymptotics of the Laplacian on these surfaces.
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@article{arxiv.1806.11478,
title = {Defining Curvature as a Measure via Gauss-Bonnet on Certain Singular Surfaces},
author = {Robert S Strichartz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.11478},
year = {2018}
}