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Soapy solution.

Source :
Economist. 10/7/1995, Vol. 337 Issue 7935, p95-95. 1/2p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Focuses on the mathematical puzzle of how to enclose the greatest volume within the smallest area of material. Discussion of how bubbles do this naturally; Paper by two mathematicians in California which takes another step in proving that soapy water traps two pockets of air as efficiently as it traps one; The work of Joel Hass and Roger Schafly; The double-bubble theorem.

Subjects

Subjects :
*MATHEMATICAL research

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00130613
Volume :
337
Issue :
7935
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Economist
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9510207818