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The affine Plateau problem
Author(s):
Neil
S.
Trudinger;
Xu-Jia
Wang
Journal:
J. Amer. Math. Soc.
18
(2005),
253-289.
MSC (2000):
Primary 35J40;
Secondary 53A15
Posted:
January 3, 2005
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Abstract:
In this paper, we study a second order variational problem for locally convex hypersurfaces, which is the affine invariant analogue of the classical Plateau problem for minimal surfaces. We prove existence, regularity and uniqueness results for hypersurfaces maximizing affine area under appropriate boundary conditions.
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Additional Information:
Neil
S.
Trudinger
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Email:
Neil.Trudinger@maths.anu.edu.au
Xu-Jia
Wang
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Email:
X.J.Wang@maths.anu.edu.au
DOI:
10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00475-3
PII:
S 0894-0347(05)00475-3
Keywords:
Affine Plateau problem,
affine maximal hypersurface,
affine area functional,
affine maximal surface equation,
variational problem,
second boundary value problem,
a priori estimates,
strict convexity,
interior regularity,
Bernstein Theorem,
Monge-Amp\`{e}re measure,
curvature measure,
Gauss mapping,
locally convex hypersurface,
generalized Legendre transform
Received by editor(s):
September 3, 2003
Posted:
January 3, 2005
Additional Notes:
This research was supported by the Australian Research Council
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