Seminar in Geometry

A square torus with three points removed.

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)

MIT Course Number

18.994

As Taught In

Fall 2004

Level

Undergraduate

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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.