Geometric variational problems with cross-sectional constraints

We study here some geometric variational problems motivated by the modeling of plants' growth. In Chapter 2, we conclude the general existence of an area minimizing surface with given boundary on two parallel hyperplanes and the constraint that the intersection of the surface with each hyperpla...

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Main Author: Meng, Zheng
Other Authors: Hardt, Robert
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1911/18846