Are large two-dimensional clusters of perimeter-minimizing bubbles of equal-area hexagonal or circular?
Soft Condensed Matter
2019-01-03 v1 Metric Geometry
Abstract
A computer study of clusters of up to 200,000 equal-area bubbles shows for the first time that rounding conjectured optimal hexagonal planar soap bubble clusters reduces perimeter.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.3858,
title = {Are large two-dimensional clusters of perimeter-minimizing bubbles of equal-area hexagonal or circular?},
author = {S. J. Cox and F. Morgan and F. Graner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3858},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
10 pages, 9 figures