A note on discrete solutions of the Plateau problem

A note on discrete solutions of the Plateau problem
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Math. Comp. 54 (1990), 131-138 Request permission

In this paper we prove theorems for convergence of discrete solutions of the Plateau problem under the assumption that the contour is rectifiable.

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