Math 6390: Minimal Surfaces
Spring
2021
FO 2.208 / TTh 2:30 - 3:45pm
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Instructor: |
Baris
Coskunuzer / FA 2.140 / coskunuz@utdallas.edu |
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Office Hours: |
TTh
11:30am-1pm and by appointment. |
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Recommended Texts: |
Minimal
Surfaces (Danny Calegari) Lectures on
Minimal Surface Theory (Brian White) A course in
Minimal Surfaces (T. Colding – W. Minicozzi) Geometric
Measure Theory (Frank Morgan) |
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Prerequisites: |
Math
3380 (Differential Geometry) |
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Course Description: |
This
course is aimed to give a thorough introduction to minimal surfaces, which
are essential objects in geometric analysis, geometric topology, and
theoretical physics. |
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Content: |
Minimal
Surface Equation, First and Second Variation Formula, Plateau Problem,
Introduction to Geometric Measure Theory, Min-Max Method, Minimal Surfaces in
3-manifolds. |
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Grading: |
1
midterm exam (30%) + 1 project/presentation (40%) + Final exam (30%) |
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Syllabus |
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