Brian White
Robert Grimmett Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Academic Appointments
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Emeritus (Active) Professor, Mathematics
Administrative Appointments
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National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Courant Institute (1981 - 1983)
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Assistant Professor, Stanford University (1983 - 1985)
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Associate Professor, Stanford University (1985 - 1992)
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Professor, Stanford University (1992 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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7th highest score on Putnam Mathematics Competition (open to all US and Canadian undergraduates), The Mathematical Association of America (1975)
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Highest ranking Yale senior in sciences, Yale University (1977)
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Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation (1977)
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Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation (1981-1983)
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Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1985-1986)
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Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1986-1991)
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Bing Teaching Award, Stanford University (1993)
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Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation (1999)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, National Science Foundation (1983 - Present)
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Director of undergraduate studies, Mathematics Department, Stanford University (2005)
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Math and Computational Sciences advisory board member, Stanford University
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Princeton University (1982)
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M.S., Princeton University (1981)
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B.S./M.S., Yale University (1977)
2024-25 Courses
- Differential Geometry
MATH 215C (Spr) -
Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Differential Geometry
MATH 215C (Spr) - Real Analysis
MATH 205A (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Differential Equations with Linear Algebra, Fourier Methods, and Modern Applications
MATH 53 (Aut) - Differential Geometry
MATH 215C (Spr)
- Differential Geometry
All Publications
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Nonfattening of Mean Curvature Flow at Singularities of Mean Convex Type
COMMUNICATIONS ON PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2020; 73 (3): 558–80
View details for DOI 10.1002/cpa.21852
View details for Web of Science ID 000507507900002
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A local regularity theorem for mean curvature flow with triple edges
JOURNAL FUR DIE REINE UND ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK
2020; 758: 281–305
View details for DOI 10.1515/crelle-2017-0044
View details for Web of Science ID 000505592100009
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Sharp entropy bounds for self-shrinkers in mean curvature flow
GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY
2019; 23 (3): 1611–19
View details for DOI 10.2140/gt.2019.23.1611
View details for Web of Science ID 000469876000009
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On the compactness theorem for embedded minimal surfaces in 3-manifolds with locally bounded area and genus
COMMUNICATIONS IN ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY
2018; 26 (3): 659–78
View details for Web of Science ID 000439729000007
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Helicoidal minimal surfaces of prescribed genus
ACTA MATHEMATICA
2016; 216 (2): 217-323
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11511-016-0139-z
View details for Web of Science ID 000388120500002
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Subsequent singularities in mean-convex mean curvature flow
CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
2015; 54 (2): 1457-1468
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00526-015-0831-4
View details for Web of Science ID 000361391500010
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CURVATURES OF EMBEDDED MINIMAL DISKS BLOW UP ON SUBSETS OF C-1 CURVES
JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
2015; 100 (2): 389-394
View details for Web of Science ID 000355355700005
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PROPERLY EMBEDDED, AREA-MINIMIZING SURFACES IN HYPERBOLIC 3-SPACE
JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
2014; 97 (3): 515-544
View details for Web of Science ID 000340352800005
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THE ROUND SPHERE MINIMIZES ENTROPY AMONG CLOSED SELF-SHRINKERS
JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
2013; 95 (1): 53-69
View details for Web of Science ID 000322654700003
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Topological change in mean convex mean curvature flow
INVENTIONES MATHEMATICAE
2013; 191 (3): 501-525
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00222-012-0397-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000314980600001
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Sequences of embedded minimal disks whose curvatures blow up on a prescribed subset of a line
COMMUNICATIONS IN ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY
2011; 19 (3): 487-502
View details for Web of Science ID 000296081800002
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AXIAL MINIMAL SURFACES IN S-2 x R ARE HELICOIDAL
JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
2011; 87 (3): 515-523
View details for Web of Science ID 000295439600004
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The maximum principle for minimal varieties of arbitrary codimension
COMMUNICATIONS IN ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY
2010; 18 (3): 421-432
View details for Web of Science ID 000285725100001
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WHICH AMBIENT SPACES ADMIT ISOPERIMETRIC INEQUALITIES FOR SUBMANIFOLDS?
JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
2009; 83 (1): 213-228
View details for Web of Science ID 000270193800008
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CURRENTS AND FLAT CHAINS ASSOCIATED TO VARIFOLDS, WITH AN APPLICATION TO MEAN CURVATURE FLOW
DUKE MATHEMATICAL JOURNAL
2009; 148 (1): 41-62
View details for DOI 10.1215/00127094-2009-019
View details for Web of Science ID 000265672400002
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The geometry of genus-one helicoids
COMMENTARII MATHEMATICI HELVETICI
2009; 84 (3): 547-569
View details for Web of Science ID 000268738900004
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Genus-one helicoids from a variational point of view
COMMENTARII MATHEMATICI HELVETICI
2008; 83 (4): 767-813
View details for Web of Science ID 000261133900004
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ON THE NUMBER OF MINIMAL SURFACES WITH A GIVEN BOUNDARY
Conference on Differential Geometry, Mathematical Physics, Mathematics and Society
SOC MATHEMATIQUE FRANCE. 2008: 207–24
View details for Web of Science ID 000272458900008
- A local regularity theorem for mean curvature flow Annals of Mathematics 2005; 161: 1487–1519
- The nature of singularities in mean curvature flow of mean-convex sets Journal of the American Mathematical Society 2003; 16: 123-138
- Evolution of curves and surfaces by mean curvature Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2002
- Embeddedness of minimal surfaces with total boundary curvature at most 4π Annals of Mathematics 2002; 155: 209–234
- The size of the singular set in mean curvature flow of mean-convex surfaces Journal of the American Mathematical Society 2000; 13: 665-695
- Rectifiability of flat chains Annals of Mathematics 1999; 150: 165-184
- The deformation theorem for flat chains Acta Mathematica 1999; 183: 255-271
- The mathematics of F. J. Almgren, Jr Journal of Geometric Analysis 1998; 8: 681-702
- A new proof of Federer’s structure theorem for k-dimensional sets in Rⁿ Journal of the American Mathematical Society 1998; 11: 693–701
- Soap-films bounded by non-closed curves Journal of Geometric Analysis 1998; 8: 239–250
- Classical area minimizing surfaces with real analytic boundaries Acta Mathematica 1997; 179: 295-305
- The mathematics of F. J. Almgren, Jr Notices of the AMS - American Mathematical Society 1997; 44 (10): 1451-1456
- Stratification of minimal surfaces, mean curvature flows, and harmonic maps Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik 1997; 488: 1-35
- Existence of least-energy configurations of immiscible fluids Journal of Geometric Analysis 1996; 6: 151–161
- Half of enneper’s surface minimizes area Geometric analysis and the calculus of variations for Stefan Hildebrandt edited by Jost, J. International Press. 1996: 361–368
- The topology of hypersurfaces moving by mean curvature Communications in analysis and geometry 1995; 3: 317–333
- Partial regularity of mean-convex hypersurfaces flowing by mean curvature International Mathematics Research Notice 1994; 4: 185-192
- Some questions of De Giorgi about mean curvature flow of triply periodic surfaces Motion by Mean Curvature edited by Buttazzo, B., Visintin, A. de Gruyter. 1994: 210–213
- A strong minimax property of nondegenerate minimal submanifolds Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik 1994; 457: 203–218
- The bridge principle for stable minimal surfaces Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations 1994; 2: 405-425
- The bridge principle for unstable and for singular minimal surfaces Communications in analysis and geometry 1994; 2: 513-532
- The structure of branch points in area minimizing surfaces and in pseudoholomorphic curves Annals of Mathematics 1994; 139: 35-85
- The Space of Minimal Annuli Bounded by an Extremal Pair of Planar Curves Communications in Analysis and Geometry 1993; 1: 415-437
- On the topological type of minimal submanifolds Topology 1992; 31: 445-448
- Nonunique tangent maps at isolated singularities of harmonic maps Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 1992; 26: 125-129
- Existence of smooth embedded surfaces of prescribed topological type that minimize parametric even elliptic functionals on three-manifolds Journal of Differential Geometry 1991; 33: 413-443
- Minimal Surfaces Bounded by Convex Curves in Parallel Planes Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 1991; 66: 263-278
- The space of minimal submanifolds for varying riemannian metrics Indiana University Mathematics Journal 1991; 40: 161-200
- A rigidity theorem for properly embedded minimal surfaces in R³ Journal of Differential Geometry 1990; 32: 65-76
- The rate of convergence of a harmonic map at a singular point Mathematische Annalen 1989; 283: 539-549
- A new proof of the compactness theorem for integral currents Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 1989; 64: 207–220
- New applications of mapping degrees to minimal surface theory Journal of Differential Geometry 1989; 29: 143-162
- Some Recent Developments in Differential Geometry Mathematical Intelligencer 1989; 11: 41–47
- Every three-sphere of positive ricci curvature contains a minimal embedded torus Bulletin (New Series) of the American Mathematical Society 1989; 21: 71-75
- A strong maximum principle for varifolds that are stationary with respect to even parametric elliptic functionals Indiana University Mathematics Journal 1989; 38: 683–691
- Complete surfaces of finite total curvature Journal of Differential Geometry 1988; 28: 359–360
- Homotopy classes in sobolev spaces and the existence of energy minimizing maps Acta Mathematica 1988; 160: 1–17
- Curvature estimates and compactness theorems in 3-manifolds for surfaces that are stationary for parametric elliptic functionals Inventiones Mathematicae 1987; 88: 243–256
- The space of m-dimensional surfaces that are stationary for a parametric elliptic integrand Indiana University Mathematics Journal 1987; 36: 567–602
- Generic regularity of unoriented two-dimensional area minimizing surfaces Annals of Mathematics 1986; 124: 403
- Infima of energy functionals in homotopy classes of mappings Journal of Differential Geometry 1986; 23: 127–142
- A regularity theorem for minimizing hypersurfaces modulo p Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics 1986; 44: 413–427
- Homotopy classes in sobolev spaces and energy minimizing maps Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 1985; 13: 166–168
- Regularity of singular sets in immiscible fluid interfaces and in solutions to other plateau-type problems Proceedings of the Centre for Mathematical Analysis 1985: 244-249
- Mappings that minimize area in their homotopy classes Journal of Differential Geometry 1984; 20: 433–446
- The least area bounded by multiples of a curve Proceedings from the American Mathematical Society 1984; 90: 230–232
- Tangent cones to 2-dimensional area-minimizing integral currents are unique Duke Mathematical Journal 1983; 50: 143–160
- Existence of least-area mappings of N-dimensional domains Annals of Mathematics 1983; 118 : 179–185
- Regularity of area-minimizing hypersurfaces at boundaries with multiplicity Annals of Mathematics Studies 1983 ; 103: 293–301
- The structure of minimizing hypersurfaces mod 4 Inventiones Mathematicae 1979 ; 53: 45–58