On a classic problem in the calculus of variations: setting straight key properties of the catenary

DOI10.1080/00029890.2022.2004849MaRDI QIDQ5037301zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Olivier de la Grandville

Publication date 28 February 2022

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2022.2004849

zbMATH Keywords

minimal surfaces of revolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for free problems in one independent variable (49J05) Optimality conditions for free problems in one independent variable (49K05)

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