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On an oblique boundary value problem related to the Backus problem in Geodesy

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2006-04
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Amsterdam Elsevier Science 2000
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We show the existence and uniqueness of a viscosity solution for an oblique nonlinear problem suggested by the study of the Backus problem on the determination of the external gravitational potential of the Earth from surface measurements of the modulus of the gravity force field.
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