# Plateau's problem

> in calculus of variations, the problem proving the existence of a minimal surface with a given boundary

**Wikidata**: [Q1972021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972021)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau's_problem)  
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## References

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