A prescribing geodesic curvature problem (Q5961431)

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    A prescribing geodesic curvature problem
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 980759

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      A prescribing geodesic curvature problem (English)
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      20 February 1997
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      Let \(D\) be the unit disk and \(k\) be a function on \(S^1=\partial D\). Find a flat metric which is pointwise conformal to the standard metric and has \(k\) as the geodesic curvature of \(S^1\). A sufficient condition for the existence of such a metric is that the harmonic extension of \(k\) in \(D\) has saddle points.
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      prescribed geodesic curvature
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      Dirichlet problem
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      Nirenberg problem
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