Model of Costa's surface, a complete embedded minimal surface that is conformally a square torus with three points removed. This model was crafted by David Glasser. For more details, see his project. (Image courtesy of Nikolaos Deonas.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Emma Carberry
MIT Course Number
18.994
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
In this course, students take turns in giving lectures. For the most part, the lectures are based on Robert Osserman's classic book A Survey of Minimal Surfaces, Dover Phoenix Editions. New York: Dover Publications, May 1, 2002. ISBN: 0486495140.