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

DOI10.1007/s10240-017-0094-zzbMath1387.53084arXiv1508.07141OpenAlexW2963023321MaRDI 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

energyminimal surfacePalais-Smale conditioncritical pointsmin-max theorystationary integer varifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Optimality conditions for minimax problems (49K35) Viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations in optimal control and differential games (49L25)

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