出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2010/06/28 16:11 UTC 版)
In mathematics, Plateau's problem is to show the existence of a minimal surface with a given boundary, a problem raised by Joseph-Louis Lagrange in 1760. However, it is named after Joseph Plateau who was interested in soap films. The problem is considered part of the calculus of variations. The existence and regularity problems are part of geometric measure theory.