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The affine Plateau problem

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this paper, we study a second order variational problem for locally convex hypersurfaces, which is the affine invariant analogue of the classical Plateau problem for minimal surfaces. We prove existence, regularity and uniqueness results for hypersurfaces maximizing affine area under appropriate boundary conditions.

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@article{arxiv.math/0405541,
  title  = {The affine Plateau problem},
  author = {Neil S. Trudinger and Xu-Jia Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405541},
  year   = {2007}
}

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48 pages