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Question: Can a minimum surface exist between two ellipses?

Question:Can a minimum surface exist between two ellipses?

Earl 955 Maple 2016
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August 23 2018
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A catenoid is the minimal surface between two 3D circles which are co-axial and parallel.

Is there a technique for finding the formula for the minimal surface if the circles are "stretched" into ellipses with proportional major and minor axes?
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