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Minimal surfaces, crystals, shortest networks, and undergraduate research (English)
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17 January 1993
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The minimal surface on a tetrahedral frame consists of 6 triangular pieces which stretch from the 6 edges of the tetrahedron to its centre. The author gives a simple direct proof, which can be generalized to the \(n\)-simplex. Realizations by soap films, energy problems, relations to the shape of crystals and in particular applications to length-minimizing networks are discussed. Finally the author describes his stimulating and active undergraduate research project.
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polyhedral manifolds
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optimization
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minimal surface
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tetrahedron
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