The shape of a sausage: a challenging problem in the calculus of variations

DOI10.1080/00207390903189211zbMath1292.97061OpenAlexW2023438291WikidataQ99705173 ScholiaQ99705173MaRDI QIDQ3552012

Michael A. B. Deakin

Publication date: 19 April 2010

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207390903189211

zbMATH Keywords

calculus of variationsflexible membraneconstrained maximum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Mathematical programming (educational aspects) (97N60)

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• What Is the Shape of a Mylar Balloon?