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When surface energy is an important component of the free energy of natural phenomena one wishes to model, the geometric calculus of variations and geometric measure theory may prove useful. New computer programs help compute examples and test conjectures.
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Almgren, F. (1993). The Geometric Calculus of Variations and Modelling Natural Phenomena. In: Davis, H.T., Nitsche, J.C.C. (eds) Statistical Thermodynamics and Differential Geometry of Microstructured Materials. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 51. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8324-6_1
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