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The double-bubble problem on the square lattice

Metric Geometry 2023-06-06 v3 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

We investigate minimal-perimeter configurations of two finite sets of points on the square lattice. This corresponds to a lattice version of the classical double-bubble problem. We give a detailed description of the fine geometry of minimisers and, in some parameter regime, we compute the optimal perimeter as a function of the size of the point sets. Moreover, we provide a sharp bound on the difference between two minimisers, which are generally not unique, and use it to rigorously identify their Wulff shape, as the size of the point sets scales up.

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@article{arxiv.2109.01697,
  title  = {The double-bubble problem on the square lattice},
  author = {Manuel Friedrich and Wojciech Górny and Ulisse Stefanelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.01697},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

49 pages, 24 figures

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