THE NUMBER OF FACES IN A MINIMAL FOAM

被引：22

作者：

KUSNER, R

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来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 1992年 / 439卷 / 1907期

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D O I：

10.1098/rspa.1992.0177

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

We derive a formula for the average number of faces per cell in a foam of minimal surfaces. In case of periodic minimal foam in R3 this formula implies that the fundamental cell has at least 14 faces, a lower bound achieved by Kelvin's example from the last century.

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页码：683 / 686

页数：4

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