The affine Plateau problem

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.

     

The parameterized Steiner problem and the singular Plateau problem via energy

The Steiner problem is the problem of finding the shortest network connecting a given set of points. By the singular Plateau Problem, we will mean the problem of finding an area-minimizing surface (or a set of surfaces adjoined so that it is homeomorphic to a 2-complex) spanning a graph. In this paper, we study the parametric versions of the Steiner problem and the singular Plateau problem by a variational method using a modified energy functional for maps. The main results are that the solutions of our one- and two-dimensional variational problems yield length and area minimizing maps respectively, i.e. we provide new methods to solve the Steiner and singular Plateau problems by the use of energy functionals. Furthermore, we show that these solutions satisfy a natural balancing condition along its singular sets. The key issue involved in the two-dimensional problem is the understanding of the moduli space of conformal structures on a 2-complex.

     

The Perron method and the non-linear Plateau problem

We describe a novel technique for solving the Plateau problem for constant curvature hypersurfaces based on recent work of Harvey and Lawson. This is illustrated by an existence theorem for hypersurfaces of constant Gaussian curvature in ${\mathbb{R}^{n+1}}$ .     

The Plateau problem from the perspective of optimal transport

Both optimal transport and minimal surfaces have received much attention in recent years. We show that the methodology introduced by Kantorovich on the Monge problem can, surprisingly, be adapted to questions involving least area, e.g., Plateau-type problems as investigated by Federer.     

Another approach to the heat flow for Plateau problem

For the minimal surfaces in Rⁿ with Plateau boundary condition and establish the global existence and uniqueness of the flow as well as the continuous dependence of the initial datum.     

The exterior Plateau problem in higher codimension

We prove existence theorems for two-dimensional, noncompact, complete minimal surfaces in ℝⁿ of annular type, which span a given contour and have a finite total curvature end and prescribed asymptotical behavior. For arbitrary rectifiable Jordan curves, we show the existence of such surfaces with a flat end, i.e., within a bounded distance from a 2-plane. For more restricted classes of curves, we prove the existence of minimal surfaces with higher multiplicity flat ends as well as of surfaces with polynomial-type nonflat ends. __________ Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika. Fundamental’nye Napravleniya (Contemporary Mathematics. Fundamental Directions), Vol. 17, Differential and Functional Differential Equations. Part 3, 2006.     

The asymptotic Plateau problem in Gromov hyperbolic manifolds

We solve the asymptotic Plateau problem in every Gromov hyperbolic Hadamard manifold (X,g) with bounded geometry. That is, we prove existence of complete (possibly singular) k-dimensional area minimizing surfaces in X with prescribed boundary data at infinity, for a large class of admissible limit sets and for all . The result also holds with respect to any riemannian metric on X which is lipschitz equivalent to g. Received: 23 January 2001 / Accepted: 25 October 2001 Published online: 28 February 2002     

On the Dirichlet problem

A particular case of the Dirichlet problem is solved using the Convergence Theorem for discrete-time martingales and the mean value property of harmonic functions as the main tools.     

On the Maxwell problem

We study the large-time behavior of global smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem for hyperbolic regularization of conservation laws. An attracting manifold of special smooth global solutions is determined by the Chapman–Enskog projection onto the phase space of consolidated variables. For small initial data we construct the Chapman–Enskog projection and describe its properties in the case of the Cauchy problem for moment approximations of kinetic equations. The existence conditions for the Chapman–Enskog projection are expressed in terms of the solvability of the Riccati matrix equations with parameter. Bibliography: 21 titles. Translated from Problems in Mathematical Analysis 39 February, 2009, pp. 27–63.     

On the Schur-Cohn problem

A new criterion (in terms of determinant inequalities) is obtained for all the roots of a real polynomial to lie inside the unit circle, i.e., a criterion of stability of periodic motions. In contrast to the Schur-Cohn criterion, the number of determinants used by us is by four times smaller.