Laguerre minimal surfaces, isotropic geometry and linear elasticity

Advances in Computational Mathematics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-419

  Pottmann, Helmut ^a   Grohs, Philipp ^a   Mitra, Niloy J ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR DISKRETE MATHEMATIK UND GEOMETRIE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airy stress function; Biharmonic function; Differential geometry; Geometrical optics; Isotropic geometry; Laguerre geometry; Laguerre minimal surface; Linear elasticity; Thin plate spline

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350703402     PISSN: 10197168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10444-008-9076-5     Document Type: Article

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