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5 unusual facts about Monge–Ampère equation


Blob detection

By considering the scale-normalized determinant of the Hessian, also referred to as the Monge–Ampère operator,

Calabi conjecture

Calabi transformed the Calabi conjecture into a non–linear partial differential equation of complex Monge–Ampere type, and showed that this equation has at most one solution, thus establishing the uniqueness of the required Kähler metric.

Erhard Heinz

Erhard Heinz (born 30 April 1924, Bautzen) is a German mathematician known for his work on partial differential equations, in particular the Monge–Ampère equation.

Minkowski problem

Shing-Tung Yau received the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Warsaw in 1982 for his work in global differential geometry and elliptic partial differential equations, particularly for solving such difficult problems as the Calabi conjecture of 1954, and a problem of Hermann Minkowski in Euclidean spaces concerning the Dirichlet problem for the real Monge–Ampère equation.

Monge–Ampère equation

Gilbarg, D. and Trudinger, N. S. Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1983.


Luis Alberto Monge

Shortly after becoming President, Monge traveled to Israel, where, without knowing about the United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, he raised the national flag on Costa Rica's embassy building.

Monge de Montaudon

The Monge's earliest song which can be reliably dated refers to the captivity of Richard I of England in Austria (1192–1194).

Musée Picasso

Other proposals were submitted by Roland Castro and the GAU (Groupement pour l'Architecture et l'Urbanisme), Jean Monge, and Carlo Scarpa.

Robert de Lamanon

They perfected their studies in Paris and there met the most famous scholars of the era : Laplace, Jussieu, d'Alembert, the Monge brothers, Volney, Malesherbes, and Condorcet, secretary of the Académie des sciences.


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