The Local Isometric Embedding in R3 of Two-Dimensional Riemannian Manifolds With Gaussian Curvature Changing Sign to Finite Order on a Curve
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We consider two natural problems arising in geometry which are equivalent to the local solvability of specific equations of Monge-Ampère type. These two problems are: the local isometric embedding problem for two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, and the problem of locally prescribed Gaussian curvature for surfaces in R3 . We prove a general local existence result for a large class of Monge-Ampère equations in the plane, and obtain as corollaries the existence of regular solutions to both problems, in the case that the Gaussian curvature vanishes to arbitrary finite order on a single smooth curve.
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The Local Isometric Embedding in R of Two-dimensional Riemannian Manifolds with Gaussian Curvature Changing Sign to Finite Order on a Curve
We consider two natural problems arising in geometry which are equivalent to the local solvability of specific equations of MongeAmpère type. These two problems are: the local isometric embedding problem for two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, and the problem of locally prescribed Gaussian curvature for surfaces in R. We prove a general local existence result for a large class of Monge-Ampère...
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