Limits of minimal surfaces and Scherk's fifth surface

DOI10.1007/BF00375407zbMath0709.53006MaRDI QIDQ921598

David A. Hoffman, William Hamilton III Meeks

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

minimal surfacesendscatenoidScherk's fifth surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

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