Minicorso: Variational formulas for the sub-Riemannian area in contact sub-Riemannian manifolds .

We derive variational formulas of the sub-Riemannian area in contact sub-Riemannian manifolds, introduce hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature, and discuss the regularity of C^1 surfaces (with prescribed mean curvature) in the 3-dimensional case. Minicorso all'interno dell'evento "Mini-courses and workshop on Geometric Analysis in the Heisenberg group", March 4-6, 2015, Bologna, Italy e dei "Topics in Maths".