The discrete Plateau Problem: Algorithm and numerics

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 68, Issue 225, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Dziuk, Gerhard ^a   Hutchinson, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Minimal surface; Order of convergence; Plateau Problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033479821     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0025-5718-99-01025-x     Document Type: Article

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