InhaltsangabeIntroduction.- Part I. Introduction to the Geometry of Surfaces and to Minimal Surfaces.- 1.Differential Geometry of Surfaces in Three-Dimensional Euclidean Space.- 2.Minimal Surfaces.- 3.Representation Formulas and Examples of Minimal Surfaces.- Part II. Plateau's Problem.- 4.The Plateau Problem, and its Ramifications.- 5.Stable Minimal- and H-Surfaces.- 6.Unstable Minimal Surfaces.- 7.Graphs with Prescribed Mean Curvature.- 8.Introduction to the Douglas Problem.- Problems.- 9. Appendix 1. On Relative Minimizers of Area and Energy.- Appendix 2. Minimal Surfaces in Heisenberg Groups.- Bibliography.- Index.