The Global Theory of Minimal Surfaces in Flat Spaces Lectures given at the 2nd Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Martina Franca, Italy, June 7-14, 1999 /

• Main Authors: Meeks, W.H. III (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ros, A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rosenberg, H. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pirola, Gian P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries ; 1775
• Subjects: Differential geometry.; Differential Geometry.

In the second half of the twentieth century the global theory of minimal surface in flat space had an unexpected and rapid blossoming. Some of the classical problems were solved and new classes of minimal surfaces found. Minimal surfaces are now studied from several different viewpoints using method...