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The Plateau Problem, Part I: Historical Survey (Studies in the Development of Modern Mathematics)

By A. T. Fomenko

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1990
ISBN
2881247008, 9782881247002
LCC
QA644 .F66 1990
Open Library ID
OL2189169M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14290377 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
220\234
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Charting the historical origins of thr Plateau problem, the author discusses substantial extracts from 18th, 19th and early 20th century works devoted to the investigation of minimal surfaces, including Plateau's famous physical experiments. The theories of homology and co-homology, necessary for an understanding of modern multi-dimensional variational problems, are elucidated.

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