Plateau's problem

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pla tōz′)


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Pla•teau's′ prob′lem  (pla tōz′),USA pronunciation [Math.]
  1. Mathematicsthe problem in the calculus of variations of finding the surface with the least area bounded by a given closed curve in space.
  • named after J. A. French. Plateau (1801–83), Belgian physicist 1910–15

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