A general existence proof for non-linear elliptic equations in semi-Riemannian spaces

DOI10.1353/AJM.0.0078zbMATH Open1180.53038arXiv0709.3123OpenAlexW1982775817MaRDI QIDQ3655729FDOQ3655729

Authors: Claus Gerhardt 

Publication date: 12 January 2010

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a general existence proof for a wide class of non-linear elliptic equations which can be applied to problems with barrier conditions without specifying any assumptions guaranteeing the uniqueness or local uniqueness of particular solutions. As an application we prove the existence of closed hypersurfaces with curvature prescribed in the tangent bundle of an ambient Riemannian manifold $N$ without supposing any sign condition on the sectional curvatures $K_N$. A curvature flow wouldn't work in this situation, neither the method of successive approximation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3123

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldssectional curvaturesbarrier conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for nonlinear elliptic equations (35J66) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60)

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• Closed hypersurfaces with prescribed Weingarten curvature in Riemannian manifolds

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