Planar closed curves with prescribed curvature (Q6592952)

The authors prove the existence of closed planar curves with prescribed curvature for some classes of curvature functions (Theorems 1.1, 1.2). \N\NThe paper is organized into five sections as follows: Introduction, The mountain pass geometry, Palais-Smale sequences with bounded length, Proof of Theorem 1.1, The case of prescribed curvature constant at infinity. \N\NOther papers by the first author and coauthors directly connected to this topic are [\textit{P. Caldiroli}, Rend. Semin. Mat., Torino 60, No. 4, 175--231 (2002; Zbl 1072.53001); \textit{P. Caldiroli} and \textit{G. Cora}, J. Differ. Equations 267, No. 6, 3952--3976 (2019; Zbl 1417.78001); \textit{P. Caldiroli} and \textit{M. Guida}, Adv. Differ. Equ. 12, No. 6, 601--622 (2007; Zbl 1218.53004)].