About the cover: The work of Jesse Douglas on minimal surfaces

Gray, Jeremy; Micallef, Mario

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01192-0

About the cover: The work of Jesse Douglas on minimal surfaces

Authors: Jeremy Gray and Mario Micallef
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 293-302
MSC (2000): Primary 01A60, 53A10, 58E12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01192-0
Published electronically: February 14, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2383307
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4. (1927, 143-4, 32) Reduction of the problem of Plateau to an integral equation.
5. (1927, 259, 5) Reduction to integral equations of the problem of Plateau for the case of two contours.
6. (1928, 405, 5) Reduction of the problem of Plateau to the minimization of a certain functional.
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