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A hitherto open problem in the geometry of foams asks: are the pressures in the bubbles of a (structurally) periodic foam in equilibrium necessarily periodic? We supply a proof that this is so. However, external forces can induce a pressure gradient even in periodic structures. We also establish that any equilibrium planar foam whose bubbles are congruent must have uniform pressure and be a fully periodic arrangement of hexagons.
Iaith wreiddiol | Saesneg |
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Tudalennau (o-i) | 569-579 |
Nifer y tudalennau | 11 |
Cyfnodolyn | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
Cyfrol | 460 |
Rhif cyhoeddi | 2042 |
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs) | |
Statws | Cyhoeddwyd - 08 Chwef 2004 |
Cyhoeddwyd yn allanol | Ie |