Goldschmidt Solution

The discontinuous solution of the surface of revolution area minimization problem for surfaces connecting two circles. When the circles are sufficiently far apart, the usual catenoid is no longer stable and the surface will break and form two surfaces with the circles as boundaries.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Goldschmidt Solution." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldschmidtSolution.html

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