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On the maximum principle for principal curvatures

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  1. St.-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2-Krasnoarmeiskaya, 4, 198005 St.-Petersburg, Russia

Abstract

The paper contains the estimates from above of the principal curvatures of the solution to some curvature equations. A correction of the author's previous argument is presented.

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Banach Center Publications
1996/33/1
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Pages:
115-126
Main language of publication
English
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences