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Dirichlet's Principle, Conformal Mapping, and Minimal Surfaces
Contributor(s): Courant, Richard (Author)
ISBN: 0486445526     ISBN-13: 9780486445526
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2005
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Annotation: An examination of approaches to easy-to-understand but difficult-to-solve mathematical problems, this classic text begins with a discussion of Dirichlet's principle and the boundary value problem of potential theory, then proceeds to examinations of conformal mapping on parallel-slit domains and Plateau's problem. Also explores minimal surfaces with free boundaries and unstable minimal surfaces. 1950 edition.

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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Functional Analysis
- Mathematics | Geometry - Differential
Dewey: 516.36
LCCN: 2005049736
Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.62" W x 8.6" (0.78 lbs) 352 pages
 
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Mathematical development, the author of this text observes, comes about through specific, easily understood problems that require difficult solutions and demand the use of new methods. Richard Courant employs this instructive approach in a text that balances the individuality of mathematical objects with the generality of mathematical methods.
Beginning with a discussion of Dirichlet's principle and the boundary-value problem of potential theory, the text proceeds to examinations of conformal mapping on parallel-slit domains and Plateau's problem. Succeeding chapters explore the general problem of Douglas and conformal mapping of multiply connected domains, concluding with a survey of minimal surfaces with free boundaries and unstable minimal surfaces.