Download or read book A Survey of Minimal Surfaces written by Robert Osserman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear and comprehensive study features 12 sections that discuss parametric and non-parametric surfaces, surfaces that minimize area, isothermal parameters, Bernstein's theorem, minimal surfaces with boundary, and many other topics. This revised edition includes material on minimal surfaces in relativity and topology and updated work on Plateau's problem and isoperimetric inequalities. 1969 edition.