Nonlinear equations on Carnot groups and curvature problems for CR manifolds

Ermanno Lanconelli

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (2003)

  • Volume: 14, Issue: 3, page 227-238
  • ISSN: 1120-6330

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We give a short overview of sub-Laplacians on Carnot groups starting from a result by Caccioppoli dated 1934. Then we show that sub-Laplacians on Carnot groups of step one arise in studying curvature problems for C ⁢ R manifolds. We restrict our presentation to the cases of the Webster-Tanaka curvature problem for the C ⁢ R sphere and of the Levi-curvature equation for strictly pseudoconvex functions.

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Lanconelli, Ermanno. "Nonlinear equations on Carnot groups and curvature problems for CR manifolds." Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni 14.3 (2003): 227-238. <http://eudml.org/doc/252356>.

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