## Pacific Journal of Mathematics

### The $n$-dimensional analogue of the catenary: existence and nonexistence.

#### Article information

Source
Pacific J. Math. Volume 141, Number 1 (1990), 47-54.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 8 December 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102646773

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0681.49040

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0652.49029

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1028264

Subjects
Primary: 49F10
Secondary: 53A10: Minimal surfaces, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature [See also 49Q05, 49Q10, 53C42]

#### Citation

Dierkes, U.; Huisken, G. The $n$-dimensional analogue of the catenary: existence and nonexistence. Pacific Journal of Mathematics 141 (1990), no. 1, 47--54. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102646773.

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