机构:
Univ Notre Dame, Dept Math, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
Peking Univ, Beijing Int Ctr Math Res, Beijing 100871, Peoples R ChinaUniv Notre Dame, Dept Math, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
Han, Qing
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机构:
[1] Univ Notre Dame, Dept Math, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
[2] Peking Univ, Beijing Int Ctr Math Res, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
In this note, we give a short survey on the global isometric embedding of surfaces (2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds) in R-3. We will present associated partial differential equations for the isometric embedding and discuss their solvability. We will illustrate the important role of Gauss curvature in solving these equations.