Jean-Baptiste-Marie Charles Meusnier de la Place (1754--1793): An historical note (Q1370068)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1077857
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1077857 |
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Jean-Baptiste-Marie Charles Meusnier de la Place (1754--1793): An historical note (English)
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14 December 1997
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At the age of twenty-one Meusnier introduced osculating quadric surfaces to discuss the curvature of general surfaces. In addition to the theorem bearing his name, he introduced the second fundamental form, showed that minimal surfaces are characterized by vanishing mean curvature, and discovered that the right helicoid is a minimal surface. -- Brief biographical notes, description of work in aerostatics (balloons), useful references.
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Meusnier
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history of surface theory
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