nLab minimal surface

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A minimal surface is an embedded Riemannian surface which locally minimizes its area.

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Discussion of complex minimal surfaces via the Oka principle:

Antonio Alarcón, Franc Forstnerič, New complex analytic methods in the theory of minimal surfaces: a survey, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, 106(3), 287-341 (arXiv:1711.08024, doi:10.1017/S1446788718000125)

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