Variational Problems in Geometry

By Seiki Nishikawa

A minimal length curve joining two points in a surface is called a geodesic. One may trace the origin of the problem of finding geodesics back to the birth of calculus. Many contemporary mathematical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821813560
• ISBN13: 9780821813560
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Length: 209 Pages