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Minimal surface

In mathematics, a minimal surface is a surface that locally minimizes its area. This is equivalent to having zero mean curvature (see definitions below).

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Minimal surface

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related to Further reading · 45
Minimal surface → Abe, American Mathematical Society, Appendix, Blaine Lawson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Conformal Mapping, Courant, CS1, Del, Dirichlet's Principle, Dover Publications, Feinberg, German, Inc, Interscience Publishers, Introduction, ISBN, ISSN, Iwanami Series
related to External links · 7
Minimal surface → EMS Press, Encyclopedia, Gallery, Java, Mathematics, Minimal, XplorMath-J Homepage
related to history · 6
Minimal surface → Euler, He, In, Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier, Lagrange, Minimal
see also · 4
Minimal surface → Bernstein's, EvolverStretched, Phelan, Weierstrass
related to Definitions · 3
Minimal surface → Minimal, The, This
related to Generalisations and links to other areas of mathematics · 3
Minimal surface → Minimal, Riemannian, The
has application · 2
Minimal surface → Minimal, The
is a · 1
Minimal surface → surface that locally minimizes its area
related to Examples · 1
Minimal surface → Classical

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Minimal surfacerelated to ExamplesClassical0.60section
Minimal surfacerelated to External linksMinimal0.60section
Minimal surfacerelated to External linksEncyclopedia0.60section
Minimal surfacerelated to External linksMathematics0.60section
Minimal surfacerelated to External linksEMS Press0.60section
Minimal surfacerelated to External linksXplorMath-J Homepage0.60section

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