Open AccessDouglas' solution of the Plateau problem
Author(s) -
Victor Guillemin,
Bertram Kostant,
Shlomo Sternberg
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.85.10.3277
Subject(s) - plateau (mathematics) , string (physics) , key (lock) , string theory , mathematics , theoretical physics , calculus (dental) , mathematical economics , computer science , mathematical physics , physics , mathematical analysis , medicine , computer security , dentistry
Using ideas suggested by some recent developments in string theory, we give here an elementary demonstration of one of the key steps in Douglas' celebrated proof of the existence of solutions of the Plateau problem inn dimensions.