A variational characterization of the catenoid

DOI10.1007/s00526-012-0579-zzbMath1286.53010arXiv1012.3941MaRDI QIDQ2636864

Jacob Bernstein, Christine Breiner

Publication date: 18 February 2014

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3941

zbMATH Keywords

minimal surface; variational characterization; catenoid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53A10: Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature

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