Soap films: from the Plateau problem to deformable boundaries

Bevilacqua, Giulia; Lussardi, Luca; Marzocchi, Alfredo

doi:10.2478/caim-2024-0019

Abstract

A review on the classical Plateau problem is presented. Then, the state of the art about the Kirchhoff-Plateau problem is illustrated as well as some possible future directions of research.

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Soap films: from the Plateau problem to deformable boundaries

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