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Celso Costa

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Celso José da Costa
Born (1949-04-07) April 7, 1949 (age 77)
Congonhinhas, Brazil
EducationPh.D. in Mathematics
Alma materIMPA
OccupationMathematician
Known forResearch in differential geometry, Discovery of Costa's minimal surface

Celso José da Costa (born April 7, 1949 in Congonhinhas) is a Brazilian writer and mathematician who worked in differential geometry. His research activity has focused in the construction and classification of minimal surfaces embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space. He is best known for his discovery of Costa's minimal surface, which was described in 1982.[1]

He earned his Ph.D. from IMPA in 1982 under the supervision of Manfredo do Carmo.[2] He taught at the Fluminense Federal University.[3]

References

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  1. Pickover, Clifford A. (2009). The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics. Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 9781402757969.
  2. Celso José Da Costa at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Palestra e lançamento do livro "A Vida Misteriosa dos Matemáticos" com o Professor Doutor Celso Costa". Instituto do Noroeste Fluminense de Educação Superior (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-08-29.
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