The \(n\)-dimensional analogue of the catenary: Existence and non-existence

DOI10.2140/pjm.1990.141.47zbMath0652.49029OpenAlexW2034247605MaRDI QIDQ1107104

Ulrich Dierkes, Gerhard Huisken

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1990.141.47

zbMATH Keywords

existence theoremscatenaryn-dimensional surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

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