Dirichlet's Principle, Conformal Mapping and Minimal Surfaces (Pure & Applied Mathematics S.) - Hardcover

Courant, R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470178868 ISBN 13: 9780470178867

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1950

Synopsis

An examination of approaches to easy-to-understand but difficult-to-solve mathematical problems, this classic text begins with a discussion of Dirichlet's principle and the boundary value problem of potential theory, then proceeds to examinations of conformal mapping on parallel-slit domains and Plateau's problem. Also explores minimal surfaces with free boundaries and unstable minimal surfaces. 1950 edition.

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About the Author

The late Richard Courant, headed the Department of Mathematicas at New York University and was Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences--which has subsequently renamed the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His book Mathematical Physics is familiar to every physicist, and his book
Differential and Integral Calculus is acknowledged to be one of the best presentations of the subject written in modern times. Herbert Robbins is New Jersey Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Rutgers University. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, and author of
Nature's Numbers and Does God Play Dice?. He also writes the "Mathematical Recreations" column in Scientific American.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1950
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470178868
• ISBN 13: 9780470178867
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344