The Problem of Plateau: A Tribute to Jesse Douglas & Tibor RadąThemistocles M. Rassias This volume consists of papers written by eminent scientists from the international mathematical community, who present the latest information concerning the problem of Plateau after its classical solution by Jesse Douglas and Tibor Radą. The contributing papers provide insight and perspective on various problems in modern topics of Calculus of Variations, Global Differential Geometry and Global Nonlinear Analysis as related to the problem of Plateau. |
Contents
Joseph Plateau and His works | 3 |
Remarks on the Mathematical Work of Tibor Radó | 18 |
The Yin and the Yang of My Relationship with T Radó | 33 |
Classifying PseudoRiemannian Hypersurfaces by Means of Certain | 53 |
Affine Minimal Higher Order Parallel Affine Surfaces | 76 |
Critical Point Theory and Multiple Periodic Solutions | 111 |
On the Uniqueness for Hypersurfaces with Constant Mean Curvature | 129 |
AreaMinimizing mTuples of kPlanes | 165 |
Morse Index of Complete Minimal Surfaces | 181 |
Second Variation Formulas for Willmore Surfaces | 221 |
Some Problems and Remarks on the Eigenvalues of the Laplacian | 237 |
The Parametric Plateau Problem and Related Topics | 258 |
The Role of Minimal and Rigid Surfaces in Theoretical Physics | 285 |
On the Number of Rigid Minimal Immersions Between Spheres | 327 |
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