Robert Osserman
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Robert "Bob" Osserman was an American mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. There are many mathematical concepts named after
Osserman in 1984
Minimal surface
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In mathematics, a minimal surface is a surface that locally minimizes its area. This is equivalent to having zero mean curvature.
Robert Osserman
…December 19, 1926 – November 30, 2011) was an American mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. There are many mathematical concepts named after him. Raised in Bronx, he went to Bronx High School of Science (diploma, 1942) and New York University…
Circus tent approximates a minimal surface.