Minimal surfaces of codimension one /

This book gives a unified presentation of different mathematical tools used to solve classical problems like Plateau's problem, Bernstein's problem, Dirichlet's problem for the Minimal Surface Equation and the Capillary problem. The fundamental idea is a quite elementary geometrical d...

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Main Author: Massari, Umberto, 1948-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Miranda, Mario, 1937-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y. : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1984.
Series:North-Holland mathematics studies ; 91.
Notas de matemática (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ; no. 95.
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Summary:This book gives a unified presentation of different mathematical tools used to solve classical problems like Plateau's problem, Bernstein's problem, Dirichlet's problem for the Minimal Surface Equation and the Capillary problem. The fundamental idea is a quite elementary geometrical definition of codimension one surfaces. The isoperimetric property of the Euclidean balls, together with the modern theory of partial differential equations are used to solve the 19th Hilbert problem. Also included is a modern mathematical treatment of capillary problems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 242 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
ISBN:9780444868732
0444868739
9780080872025
0080872026