A survey of the geometric results in the classical theory of minimal surfaces

DOI10.1007/BF02588319zbMath0577.53007OpenAlexW2973388969WikidataQ56519612 ScholiaQ56519612MaRDI QIDQ3697826

William Hamilton III Meeks

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02588319

zbMATH Keywords

minimal surfacesWeierstrass representationPlateau problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02)

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