BASIC NOTIONS SEMINAR at ICTP - Friday 30 October, at 14:00

[Math Group]

BASIC  NOTIONS  SEMINAR  SERIES  2015

Friday, 30 October, at 14.00 hrs.

Claudio Arezzo (ICTP)

Title: Isoperimetric problems and minimal surfaces (Basic Notions Seminar)

Abstract:
I will describe few classical variational problems related to very basic 
geometrical notions, such as length of curves, area of surfaces and 
volumes. I will give the solution of the classical isoperimetric problem 
and how this problem rapidly induces natural related problems which are 
largely open. Increasing dimension, I will show how the mean curvature 
of a surface becomes the key ingredient and give an overview of the 
classical theory of "minimal" surfaces in euclidean space.  Time 
permitting, I will describe few applications of these theories to 
natural sciences, from general relativity to biology.

Venue: Budinich Lecture Hall (ICTP Leonardo da Vinci Building)

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