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Definition of plateaus problem - 1 dictionary result

Pla⋅teau's prob⋅lem

  [pla-tohz]
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–noun Mathematics.
the problem in the calculus of variations of finding the surface with the least area bounded by a given closed curve in space.
Origin:
1910–15; named after J. A. F. Plateau (1801–83), Belgian physicist
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