| Title:
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The PDE describing constant mean curvature surfaces (English) |
| Author:
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Wu, Hongyou |
| Language:
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English |
| Journal:
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Mathematica Bohemica |
| ISSN:
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0862-7959 (print) |
| ISSN:
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2464-7136 (online) |
| Volume:
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126 |
| Issue:
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2 |
| Year:
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2001 |
| Pages:
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531-540 |
| Summary lang:
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English |
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| Category:
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math |
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| Summary:
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We give an expository account of a Weierstrass type representation of the non-zero constant mean curvature surfaces in space and discuss the meaning of the representation from the point of view of partial differential equations. (English) |
| Keyword:
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constant mean curvature surfaces |
| Keyword:
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nonlinear partial differential equation |
| Keyword:
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dressing action |
| Keyword:
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Weierstrass type representation |
| MSC:
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35J60 |
| MSC:
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35Q53 |
| MSC:
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53A10 |
| idZBL:
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Zbl 1031.53015 |
| idMR:
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MR1844289 |
| DOI:
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10.21136/MB.2001.134012 |
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| Date available:
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2009-09-24T21:53:40Z |
| Last updated:
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2020-07-29 |
| Stable URL:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/134012 |
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