A viscosity method in the min-max theory of minimal surfaces

DOI10.1007/s10240-017-0094-zzbMath1387.53084arXiv1508.07141MaRDI QIDQ679653

Tristan Rivière

Publication date: 19 January 2018

Published in: Publications Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.07141

zbMATH Keywords

energy; minimal surface; Palais-Smale condition; critical points; min-max theory; stationary integer varifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49Q05: Minimal surfaces and optimization

53C42: Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.)

49K35: Optimality conditions for minimax problems

49L25: Viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations in optimal control and differential games

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