It is shown that within the Lp-Brunn–Minkowski theory that
Aleksandrov’s integral curvature has a natural Lp extension, for all
real p. This raises the question of finding necessary and sufficient
conditions on a given measure in order for it to be the Lp-integral
curvature of a convex body. This problem is solved for positive p
and is answered for negative p provided the given measure is even.