Integral formula of Minkowski type and new characterization of the Wulff shape (Q943510)

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Integral formula of Minkowski type and new characterization of the Wulff shape
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    Integral formula of Minkowski type and new characterization of the Wulff shape (English)
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    9 September 2008
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    Let \(F: S^n\to\mathbb R^+\) be a smooth function which satisfies the convexity condition \((D^2F+ F1)_x> 0\), \(\forall x\in S^n\), where \(D^2F\) denotes the intrinsic Hessian of \(F\) on \(S^n\) and \(1\) denotes the identity on \(T_xS^n\), \(>0\) means that the matrix is positive definite. Considering the map \(\Phi: S^n\to\mathbb R^{n+1}\), \(x\to F(x)x+ (\text{grad}_{S^n}F)_x\), its image \(V_F= \Phi(S^n)\) is a smooth, convex hypersurface in \(\mathbb R^{n+1}\) called the Wulff shape of \(F\). Let \(X: M\to\mathbb R^{n+1}\) be a smooth immersion of a compact, orientable hypersurface without boundary. Let \(\nu: M\to S^n\) denote its Gauss map. Let \(A_F= D^2F+ F1\) then \(S_F= -A_F\circ d\nu\) is called the \(F\)-Weingarten operator, and the eigenvalues of \(S_F\) are called anisotropic principal curvatures. Let \(\sigma_r\) be the elementary symmetric functions of the anisotropic principal curvatures \(\lambda_1, \lambda_2,\dots, \lambda_n\): \(\sigma_r= \sum_{i_1< \cdots< i_r}\lambda_{i_1}\cdots\lambda_{i_r}\) \((1\leq r\leq n)\), and let \(\sigma_0= 1\). The \(r\)-anisotropic mean curvature \(M_r\) is defined by \(M_r= \sigma_r/C^r_n\). In this paper the following integral formulas of Minkowski type for compact hypersurfaces \(M\) in \(\mathbb R^{n+1}\) are given. Let \(F: S^n\to\mathbb R^+\) be a smooth function which satisfies the above convexity condition. Then there holds \[ \int_M(FM_r+ M_{r+1}(X, \nu))\,dA_X= 0,\quad r= 0,1,\dots, n-1. \] By using these integral formulas four new characterizations of the Wulff shape are proved. In the case \(F= 1\) they reduce to some well-known results.
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    Wulff shape
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    \(F\)-Weingarten operator
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    anisotropic principal curvature
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    \(r\)-th anisotropic mean curvature
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    integral formula of Minkowski type
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