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In this article, we give results of prescribing scalar and mean curvature functions for metrics either pointwise conformal or conformally equivalent to a Riemannian metric that is equipped on a compact manifold with boundary, with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-04 Jie Xu

We find conditions under which Almgren-Pitts min-max for the prescribed geodesic curvature functional in a closed oriented Riemannian surface produces a closed embedded curve of constant curvature. In particular, we find a closed embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-09 Lorenzo Sarnataro , Douglas Stryker

A classical result of Nitsche \cite{Nit57} about the behaviour of the solutions to the Liouville equation $\Delta u=4 e^{2u}$ near isolated singularities is generalized to solutions of the Gaussian curvature equation $\Delta u=- \kappa(z)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Daniela Kraus , Oliver Roth

We are concerned with spacelike convex hypersurfaces of positive constant (K-hypersurfaces) or prescribed Gauss curvature in Minkowski space. Our main purpose is to study entire solutions as well as the Dirichlet problem in bounded domains…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bo Guan , Huaiyu Jian , Richard M. Schoen

We study the prescribed scalar curvature problem in a conformal class on orbifolds with isolated singularities. We prove a compactness theorem in dimension $4$, and an existence theorem which holds in dimensions $n \geq 4$. This problem is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Tao Ju , Jeff Viaclovsky

This paper focuses on the problem of prescribing mean curvature on the unit ball. Assume that $f$, which is allowed to change sign, satisfies Morse index counting or certain kind of symmetry condition. By using a negative gradient flow…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-27 Hong Zhang

In the spirit of the paper "Large conformal metrics of prescribed Gauss curvature on surfaces of higher genus" by Borer-Galimberti-Struwe, where we dealt with the case of a closed Riemann surface $(M,g_0)$ of genus greater than one, here we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-18 Luca Galimberti

We embark in a program of studying the problem of better approximating surfaces by triangulations(triangular meshes) by considering the approximating triangulations as finite metric spaces and the target smooth surface as their…

Graphics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Emil Saucan

We prove the existence of metrics with prescribed $Q$-curvature under natural assumptions on the sign of the prescribing function and the background metric. In the dimension four case, we also obtain existence results for curvature forms…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-22 Flávio França Cruz , Tiarlos Cruz

A mixed type surface is a connected regular surface in a Lorentzian 3-manifold with non-empty spacelike and timelike point sets. The induced metric of a mixed type surface is a signature-changing metric, and their lightlike points may be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Atsufumi Honda , Kentaro Saji , Keisuke Teramoto

We prove that singular minimal surfaces with constant Gauss curvature are planes, spheres and cylindrical surfaces. We also classify all singular minimal surfaces with a constant principal curvature and singular minimal surfaces with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Rafael López

We show that for a generic $8$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with positive Ricci curvature, there exists a smooth minimal hypersurface. Without the curvature condition, we show that for a dense set of 8-dimensional Riemannian metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-30 Otis Chodosh , Yevgeny Liokumovich , Luca Spolaor

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-11-16 Matthias Bergner , Jens Dittrich

We study the Dirichlet problem for a graph $\Sigma$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with normalized constant mean curvature $H>0$ and planar boundary $\Gamma=\partial \Omega$. Our main result is that the optimal solvability condition, namely that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-21 Joel Spruck , Liming Sun

We study Gauss curvature for random Riemannian metrics on a compact surface, lying in a fixed conformal class; our questions are motivated by comparison geometry. Next, analogous questions are considered for the scalar curvature in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-01-04 Yaiza Canzani , Dmitry Jakobson , Igor Wigman

We consider the problem of prescribing Gaussian and geodesic curvatures for a conformal metric on the unit disk. This is equivalent to solving the following P.D.E. \begin{equation*}\begin{cases}-\Delta u=2K(z)e^u&\hbox{in}\;\mathbb{D}^2,\\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Luca Battaglia , Maria Medina , Angela Pistoia

In this paper, we introduce a new discretization of the Gaussian curvature on surfaces, which is defined as the quotient of the angle defect and the area of some dual cell of a weighted triangulation at the conic singularity. A discrete…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Xu Xu , Chao Zheng

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Alexandre C. Gonçalves

We give an explicit formula for singular surfaces of revolution with prescribed unbounded mean curvature. Using it, we give conditions for singularities of that surfaces. Periodicity of that surface is also discussed.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-12 Luciana F. Martins , Kentaro Saji , Samuel P. dos Santos , Keisuke Teramoto

Given $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$ and $\Phi\in C^1(\mathbb{S}^2)$, we study immersed oriented surfaces $\Sigma$ in the Euclidean 3-space $\mathbb{R}^3$ whose mean curvature $H$ and Gauss curvature $K$ satisfy $2aH+bK=\Phi(N)$, where…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-20 Antonio Bueno , Irene Ortiz