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To determine both the external gravity potential \(W\) and the geometry of the earth's surface \(S\), various boundary value problems (bvp) can be formulated. They depend on the utilized observables \(L\) and whether the boundary is supposed to be known or unknown. If the geometry of \(S\) is already determined by the classical terrestrial techniques or by methods of satellite geodesy, then the fixed boundary value problem is under consideration. Otherwise the resulting bvp is of free type. The relation between the unknowns \(W\), \(S\) and the observables \(L\) is given by boundary conditions. Generally, they are of nonlinear structure. This thesis focuses on the scalar free bvp and the fixed gravimetric bvp.