Monumental' Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More

The decades-old Sullivan’s conjecture, about the best way to minimize the surface area of a bubble cluster, was thought to be out of reach for three bubbles and up — until a new breakthrough result.

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Monumental' Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More, Quanta Magazine

Monumental' Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More, Quanta Magazine

Monumental' Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More

Monumental' Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More, Quanta Magazine

Sullivan's Shadow Bubbles, In 1995, John Sullivan proposed a beautiful guiding conjecture for finding optimal bubble clusters. Mathematicians have now proved the conjecture for, By Quanta Magazine

Monumental' Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More, Quanta Magazine

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