It's easy to come up with one new example of a minimal surface, but this one is of a very different nature than others that have been found before. So it's opened a new field within the theory of minimal surfaces.
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This proof tells us that our intuition was not quite right about what is possible and what is not possible. Probably one reason it was not discovered sooner is that no one imagined that something like this could exist.Matthias Weber
This is the most comprehensive collection of minimal surfaces available. Users can download programs that recreate the surfaces, allowing them to conduct numerical and visual experiments.
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A minimal surface is formed when the pressure on both sides of a surface is the same. 'For example, when you dip a bent coat hanger into soapy water, the soap bubble that forms on the hanger is a minimal surface.
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