Title:
Examples of minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space
Abstract:
In this talk, we give a quick review for the theory of minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space with many examples. We derive the first and second variational formulae of the area of the surface with fixed boundary. We also derive the Weierstrass representation. Then we introduce the symmetry and the period problem for minimal surfaces. Finally we exhibit a bunch of examples.