This will be an survey of a wide range of examples and approaches to the problem of area minimizing surfaces, in all its various forms. There will be soap film apparatus to play with, along with lots of pictures.
The key mathematical concepts and approaches will be introduced at an intuitive level.
Further reading: Geometric Measure Theory, a Beginner's Guide. Frank Morgan. (no relation except maybe mathematically distant cousins).
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