Lectures on Minimal Surfaces in R3
Canberra: Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Mathematical Sciences Institute, The Australian National University, 1996
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Bibliografie, Konferenzschrift, Sammelwerk, Elektronische Ressource
- 1 online resource (ii, 176 pages) : illustrations.
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The theory of minimal submanifolds is a fascinating field in differential geometry. The simplest, one-dimensional minimal submanifold, the geodesic, has been studied quite exhaustively, yet there are still a lot of interesting open problems.
Introduction -- Definition of minimal surfaces -- The first variation -- The minimal surface equation -- Isothermal coordinates for minimal surfaces -- The Enneper-Weierstrass representation -- The geometry of the Enneper-Weierstrass representation -- Some applications of the Enneper-Weierstrass representation -- Conformal types of Riemann surfaces -- Complete minimal surfaces, Osserman's theorem -- Ends of complete minimal surfaces -- Complete minimal surfaces of finite total curvature -- Total curvature of branched complete minimal surfaces -- Examples of complete minimal surfaces -- The Halfspace Theorem and the maximum principle at infinity -- The convex hull of a minimal surface -- Flux -- Uniqueness of the catenoid -- The Gauss map of complete minimal surfaces -- The second variation and stability -- The Cone Lemma -- Standard barriers and The annular end theorem -- Annular ends lying above catenoid ends -- Complete minimal surfaces of finite topology -- Minimal annuli -- Isoperimetric inequalities for minimal surfaces -- Minimal annuli in a slab -- The existence of minimal annuli in a slab -- Shiffman's theorems -- A generalisation of Shiffman's second theorem -- Nitsche's conjecture -- Appendix: the Eigenvalue problem -- References.
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Verantwortlichkeitsangabe: | Yi Fang, editor |
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Fang, Yi [editor.] |
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Veröffentlichung: | Canberra: Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Mathematical Sciences Institute, The Australian National University, 1996 |
Medientyp: | Bibliografie, Konferenzschrift, Sammelwerk |
Datenträgertyp: | Elektronische Ressource |
Umfang: | 1 online resource (ii, 176 pages) : illustrations. |
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