A new proof of Liebmann classical rigidity theorem for surfaces in space forms

DOI10.1216/rmjm/1181069618zbMath1100.53003MaRDI QIDQ2495308

Juan A. Aledo, Luis J. Alías, Alfonso Romero

Publication date: 5 July 2006

Published in: Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1216/rmjm/1181069618

zbMATH Keywords

sphere; Gaussian curvature; rigidity theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53A05: Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces

53A35: Non-Euclidean differential geometry

53C45: Global surface theory (convex surfaces à la A. D. Aleksandrov)

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