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On the uniqueness of $L_p$-Minkowski problems: the constant $p$-curvature case in $\mathbb{R}^3$

Analysis of PDEs 2015-08-21 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We study the C4C^4 smooth convex bodies KRn+1\mathbb{K}\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1} satisfying K(x)=u(x)1pK(x)=u(x)^{1-p}, where xSnx\in\mathbb{S}^n, KK is the Gauss curvature of K\partial\mathbb{K}, uu is the support function of K\mathbb{K}, and pp is a constant. In the case of n=2n=2, either when p[1,0]p\in[-1,0] or when p(0,1)p\in(0,1) in addition to a pinching condition, we show that K\mathbb{K} must be the unit ball. This partially answers a conjecture of Lutwak, Yang, and Zhang about the uniqueness of the LpL_p-Minkowski problem in R3\mathbb{R}^3. Moreover, we give an explicit pinching constant depending only on pp when p(0,1)p\in(0,1).

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@article{arxiv.1503.02358,
  title  = {On the uniqueness of $L_p$-Minkowski problems: the constant $p$-curvature case in $\mathbb{R}^3$},
  author = {Yong Huang and Jiakun Liu and Lu Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.02358},
  year   = {2015}
}

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