Are large two-dimensional clusters of perimeter-minimizing bubbles of equal-area hexagonal or circular?
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.
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