1st Edition
Minimal NetworksThe Steiner Problem and Its Generalizations
432 Pages
by
CRC Press
This book focuses on the classic Steiner Problem and illustrates how results of the problem's development have generated the Theory of Minimal Networks, that is systems of "rubber" branching threads of minimal length. This theory demonstrates a brilliant interconnection among differential and computational geometry, topology, variational calculus, and graph theory. All necessary preliminary... Read more
Some Necessary Results from Graph Theory and Geometry. The Steiner Problem and Its Modifications. Local Structure of Minimal Networks. Global Structure of Minimal Networks. Global Minimal Networks on the Plane. Planar Local Minimal Networks with Convex Boundaries. Planar Local Minimal Networks with Regular Boundaries. Closed Minimal Networks on Closed Surfaces of Constant Curvature. Minimal Networks in Other Spaces.
Biography
Alexander O. Ivanov, Alexei A. Tuzhilin
