Plateau's problem
[ pla-tohz ]
nounMathematics.
the problem in the calculus of variations of finding the surface with the least area bounded by a given closed curve in space.
Origin of Plateau's problem
11910–15; named after J. A. F. Plateau (1801–83), Belgian physicist
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