Why Is Robert Osserman Influential?
According to Wikipedia , Robert "Bob" Osserman was an American mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. Raised in Bronx, he went to Bronx High School of Science and New York University. He earned a Ph.D. in 1955 from Harvard University with the thesis Contributions to the Problem of Type supervised by Lars Ahlfors.
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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Published Papers A survey of minimal surfaces (967) The isoperimetric inequality (700) On the inequality $\Delta u\geq f(u)$. (516) Lectures on Minimal Surfaces. (367) BONNESEN-STYLE ISOPERIMETRIC INEQUALITIES (245) Global Properties of Minimal Surfaces in E 3 and E n (219) The Geometry of the Generalized Gauss Map (174) Studies in myasthenia gravis: effects of thymectomy. Results on 185 patients with nonthymomatous and thymomatous myasthenia gravis, 1941-1969. (167) Curvature in the eighties (166) A Theory of Branched Immersions of Surfaces (157) Complete minimal surfaces in Euclideann-space (149) A Proof of the Regularity Everywhere of the Classical Solution to Plateau's Problem (143) Non-existence, non-uniqueness and irregularity of solutions to the minimal surface system (138) Studies in bullous diseases. Immunofluorescent serologic tests. (127) DIRICHLET'S PRINCIPLE, CONFORMAL MAPPING AND MINIMAL SURFACES (125) A sharp Schwarz inequality on the boundary (118) Manifolds with non-positive curvature (104) The Gauss Map of Surfaces in R3 and R4 (86) A note on Hayman's theorem on the bass note of a drum (65) On the Gauss map of complete surfaces of constant mean curvature in R3 and R4 (56) A histologic reappraisal of the thymus in myasthenia gravis. A correlative study of thymic pathology and response to thymectomy. (53) Complete surfaces inE3 with constant mean curvature (46) On complete minimal surfaces (45) The Four-or-More Vertex Theorem (43) The Gauss map of surfaces in $\mathbf{R}^n$ (42) Doubly-connected minimal surfaces (41) On the Gauss map and total curvature of complete minimal surfaces and an extension of Fujimoto's theorem (38) On the Gauss curvature of minimal surfaces (37) A new curvature invariant and entropy of geodesic flows (36) Minimal Surfaces, Gauss Maps, Total Curvature, Eigenvalue Estimates, and Stability (36) Geometry of the Laplace Operator (35) The convex hull property of immersed manifolds (34) On the Gauss curvature of non-parametric minimal surfaces (32) Proof of a conjecture of nirenberg (31) The area of the generalized Gaussian image and the stability of minimal surfaces inSn and ℝn (30) Minimal surfaces in the large (28) How the Gateway Arch Got its Shape (26) On analytic mappings of Riemann surfaces (25) AREA BOUNDS FOR VARIOUS CLASSES OF SURFACES. (24) Global properties of classical minimal surfaces (23) FROM SCHWARZ TO PICK TO AHLFORS AND BEYOND (23) Studies in bullous diseases. Treatment of pemphigus vulgaris with immunosuppressives (steroids and methotrexate) and leucovorin calcium. (22) Poetry of the Universe (19) Poetry of the universe : a mathematical exploration of the cosmos (19) Remarks on minimal surfaces (19) An estimate for the Gauss curvature of minimal surfaces in ${\bf R}\sp m$ whose Gauss map omits a set of hyperplanes (18) A new variant of the Schwarz–Pick–Ahlfors Lemma (17) János Bolyai , Non-Euclidean Geometry , and the Nature of Space (15) Remarks on the Riemannian metric of a minimal submanifold (13) A strong form of the isoperimetric inequality in Rn (12) Mathematics of the Gateway Arch (12) On Bers' Theorem on Isolated Singularities (11) The nonexistence of branch points in the classical solution of Plateau’s problem (11) Riemann surfaces of class (11) The Minimal Surface Equation (10) A hyperbolic surface in 3-space (10) Some remarks on the isoperimetric inequality and a problem of gehring (9) Isoperimetric Inequalities and Eigenvalues of the Laplacian Robert Osserman (8) Two-Dimensional Calculus (7) Geometry V : Minimal Surfaces (6) An Analogue of the Heinz-Hopf Inequality (6) Structure vs. Substance: The Fall and Rise of Geometry. (6) Some distortion theorems for multivalent mappings (5) Mathematical Mapping from Mercator to the Millennium (5) A Panoramic View of Riemannian Geometry. (5) AN ESTIMATE FOR THE GAUSS CURVATURE OF MINIMAL SURFACES IN R WHOSE GAUSS MAP OMITS A SET OF HYPERPLANES (4) Differential Geometry in the Large. By Heinz Hopf (4) Kepler's Laws, Newton's Laws, and the Search for New Planets (4) Differential Geometry, Part 2 (4) Hyperbolic surfaces of the formz=f(x, y) (3) The Mathematics of Lars Valerian Ahlfors (2) AN EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RESULTS IN FUNCTION THEORY TO A CLASS OF SURFACES. (2) Mathematics Takes Center Stage (2) [112] Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907–1996) (1) A lemma on analytic curves. (1) LARS VALERIAN AHLFORS (1907-1996) (1) Some geometric properties of polynomial surfaces (1) Myasthenia gravis: a nursing care plan. (1) Differential Geometry, Part 1 (0) INEQUALITIES FOR ANGULAR DERIVATIVES AT THE BOUNDARY OF THE UNIT DISC (0) Lectures on Minimal Surfaces, Vol. 1. By Johannes C. C. Nitsche (0) Review: Yu. D. Burago and V. A. Zalgaller, Geometric inequalities (0) Remembering David Gale (0) An estimate for the Gauss curvature of minimal surfaces in $\mathbb R^m$ whose Gauss map omits a set of hyperplanes (0) On the solution of $f(f(z))=e\sp z-1$ and its domain of regularity (0) Mathematics of the Heavens Robert Osserman (0) Differential geometry : [proceedings of the Symposium in Pure Mathematics of the American Mathematical Society, held at Stanford University, Stanford, California, July 30-August 17, 1973 (0) A HYPERBOLIC SURFACE IN 3-SPACE1 (0) Books-Received - Poetry of the Universe - a Mathematical Exploration of the Cosmos (0) More Papers This paper list is powered by the following services:
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