Uniqueness of solutions to Lp-Christoffel-Minkowski problem for p<1 (1905.11043v4)

Abstract: $L_p$-Christoffel-Minkowski problem arises naturally in the $L_p$-Brunn-Minkowski theory. It connects both curvature measures and area measures of convex bodies and is a fundamental problem in convex geometric analysis. Since the lack of Firey's extension of Brunn-Minkowski inequality and constant rank theorem for $p<1$, the existence and uniqueness of $L_p$-Brunn-Minkowski problem are difficult problems. In this paper, we prove a uniqueness theorem for solutions to $L_p$-Christoffel-Minkowski problem with $p<1$ and constant prescribed data. Our proof is motivated by the idea of Brendle-Choi-Daskaspoulos's work on asymptotic behavior of flows by powers of the Gaussian curvature. One of the highlights of our arguments is that we introduce a new auxiliary function $Z$ which is the key to our proof.