On solving the plateau problem in parametric form
Author(s) -
Baruch Cahlon,
A. D. Solomon,
Louis J. Nachman
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of mathematics and mathematical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1687-0425
pISSN - 0161-1712
DOI - 10.1155/s0161171283000307
Subject(s) - mathematics , parametric statistics , convergence (economics) , minimal surface , mathematical optimization , numerical analysis , scalar (mathematics) , class (philosophy) , plateau (mathematics) , surface (topology) , mathematical analysis , geometry , computer science , statistics , artificial intelligence , economics , economic growth
This paper presents a numerical method for finding the solution of Plateau's problem in parametric form. Using the properties of minimal surfaces we succeded in transferring the problem of finding the minimal surface to a problem of minimizing a functional over a class of scalar functions. A numerical method of minimizing a functional using the first variation is presented and convergence is proven. A numerical example is given
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