A free boundary isometric embedding problem in the unit ball (Q2113300): Difference between revisions

In this paper, the author studies a free-boundary isometric embedding problem for abstract Riemannian two-manifolds with the topology of the disc. Under the assumption of positive Gauss curvature and geodesic curvature of the boundary being equal to one, the author proves that every such disc may be isometrically embedded into the Euclidean three-space such that the image of the boundary meets the unit sphere orthogonally. He also shows that the embedding is unique up to rotations and reflections through planes containing the origin. Finally, the author defines a new Brown-York type quasi-local mass for certain free boundary surfaces and discuss its positivity. The results are new and original and the paper worth to be studied by those interested in the field of Riemannian manifolds.