Calculations of the minimal perimeter for N deformable cells of equal area confined in a circle

Simon Cox

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Calculations of the minimal perimeter for N deformable cells of equal area confined in a circle

Simon Cox

Department of Physics

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Candidates to the least perimeter partition of a disk into N planar connected regions are calculated for N ≤43. A Voronoi construction is used to randomly create the candidates and then the perimeter of each is found with the Surface Evolver. Formulae for the perimeter and number of peripheral regions are given, and the candidates classified according to their topology. The simulation technique also provides improved candidates to the unconstrained problem of finding the least perimeter arrangement of N planar regions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	569-578
Number of pages	10
Journal	Philosophical Magazine Letters
Volume	86
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09500830600929083
Publication status	Published - Sept 2006

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