scientific article; zbMATH DE number 17426

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Authors Kuo-Shung Cheng, Joel Smoller

Publication date 26 June 1992

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian curvatureNirenberg's problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Critical metrics (58E11)

Review text

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0728.00011.] Let \(ds^ 2\) be a metric on \(S^ 2\) conformal to the standard metric \(ds^ 2_ 0\), \(ds^ 2=e^{2u}ds^ 2_ 0\). Then its Gaussian curvature is \(k=e^{-2u}(1-\Delta u)\) where \(\Delta\) is the standard Laplacian on \(S^ 2\). The authors contribute to the following Nirenberg's problem: if \(k\) is a given function on \(S^ 2\), can one solve the equation \(\Delta u+k(x)e^{2u}=1\), \(x\in S^ 2\)? In this paper the authors assume that \(k\) is a function of a single variable \(x_ 3\), then in two theorems they give conditions under which this equation has a regular solution.

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