A direct method approach for the existence of convex hypersurfaces with prescribed Gauss-Kronecker curvature (Q811518)

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    A direct method approach for the existence of convex hypersurfaces with prescribed Gauss-Kronecker curvature
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4215951

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      A direct method approach for the existence of convex hypersurfaces with prescribed Gauss-Kronecker curvature (English)
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      The question about when a positive function defined in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) is the Gauss-Kronecker curvature of a closed hypersurface is studied by means of the direct method in the calculus of variations. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a minimizer for the corresponding functional is obtained.
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      Gauss-Kronecker curvature
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      convex hypersurfaces
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      Monge-Ampère equations
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      Aleksandrov's formula
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