Prescribed mean curvature equations under the transformation with non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates (Q880276)

The authors study the Dirichlet problem \[ \Delta\cdot\Biggl({Du\over \sqrt{1+|Du|^2}}\Biggr)= NH\quad\text{in }\Omega,\tag{1} \] \[ u=\varphi\quad\text{on }\Gamma= \partial\Omega,\tag{2} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) \((n\geq 2)\) with smooth boundary \(\Gamma=\partial\Omega\), \(D= (D_{x_1},\dots,D_{x_n})\). They assume that the condition \[ \sup_\Omega\,H\leq {1\over n}\Biggl({\omega_n\over|\Omega|}\Biggr)^{1/n}\tag{3} \] holds. In (3) \(\omega_N\) denotes the volume of the unit ball in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and \(|\Omega|\) is that of \(\Omega\). The author shows the existence of a weak solution.