A Survey of Minimal Surfaces - Hardcover

Osserman, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0486495140 ISBN 13: 9780486495149

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2002

Synopsis

This hardcover edition of A Survey of Minimal Surfaces is divided into twelve sections discussing parametric surfaces, non-parametric surfaces, surfaces that minimize area, isothermal parameters on surfaces, Bernstein's theorem, minimal surfaces with boundary, the Gauss map of parametric surfaces in E3, non-parametric minimal surfaces in E3, application of parametric surfaces to non-parametric problems, and parametric surfaces in En. For this edition, Robert Osserman, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, has substantially expanded his original work, including the uses of minimal surfaces to settle important conjectures in relativity and topology. He also discusses new work on Plateau's problem and on isoperimetric inequalities. With a new appendix, supplementary references and expanded index, this Dover edition offers a clear, modern and comprehensive examination of minimal surfaces, providing serious students with fundamental insights into an increasingly active and important area of mathematics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0486495140
• ISBN 13: 9780486495149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224