On a Classic Problem in the Calculus of Variations: Setting Straight Key Properties of the Catenary

DOI10.1080/00029890.2022.2004849zbMath1484.49040OpenAlexW4210685455WikidataQ114011141 ScholiaQ114011141MaRDI QIDQ5037301

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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