Variational Problems in Riemannian Geometry
Subtitle: Bubbles, Scans and Geometric Flows (Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications)
Contributors: Paul Baird (Editor); Ahmad El Soufi (Editor); Ali Fardoun (Editor); Rachid Regbaoui (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: May 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9783764324322
Subjects: Differential & Riemannian geometry; Geometry - Analytic; Calculus of variations; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Geometry, Riemannian; Differential Equations; Mathematical Analysis; Mathematics / Functional Analysis; General
First sentence: Among the most beautiful problems of mathematics are those which we can visualise, where the solution contains the faith of our intuition, and yet where achieving this solution proves tantalisingly elusive.