Celso José da Costa (born April 7, 1949 in
Congonhinhas) is a Brazilian mathematician working in
differential geometry. His research activity has focused in the construction and classification of
minimal surface
In mathematics, a minimal surface is a surface that locally minimizes its area. This is equivalent to having zero mean curvature (see definitions below).
The term "minimal surface" is used because these surfaces originally arose as surfaces tha ...
s embedded in three-dimensional
Euclidean space
Euclidean space is the fundamental space of geometry, intended to represent physical space. Originally, that is, in Euclid's ''Elements'', it was the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry, but in modern mathematics there are Euclidean ...
. He is best known for his discovery of
Costa's minimal surface, which was described in 1982.
He earned his Ph.D. from
IMPA
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in 1982 under the supervision of
Manfredo do Carmo
Manfredo Perdigão do Carmo (15 August 1928, Maceió – 30 April 2018, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian mathematician. He spent most of his career at IMPA and is seen as the doyen of differential geometry in Brazil. Education and career
Do Car ...
.
References
External links
Academia Brasileira de Ciências – Celso José da Costa(in Portuguese)
1949 births
Living people
Differential geometers
Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada alumni
20th-century Brazilian mathematicians
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