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We describe some recent results concerning the inverse curvature problem, that is, the existence and description of metrics with prescribed curvature, focusing on the low-dimensional homogeneous cases.
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Partially supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain, project MTM2011-22528.
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Calvaruso, G. (2016). The Prescribed Curvature Problem in Low Dimension. In: Castrillón López, M., Hernández Encinas, L., Martínez Gadea, P., Rosado María, M. (eds) Geometry, Algebra and Applications: From Mechanics to Cryptography. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 161. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32085-4_4
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