The double bubble conjecture
Authors:
Joel Hass, Michael Hutchings and Roger Schlafly
Journal:
Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1995), 98-102
MSC (1991):
Primary 53A10, 49Q10, 49Q25
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S1079-6762-95-03001-0
MathSciNet review:
1369639
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Abstract: The classical isoperimetric inequality states that the surface of smallest area enclosing a given volume in $R^3$ is a sphere. We show that the least area surface enclosing two equal volumes is a double bubble, a surface made of two pieces of round spheres separated by a flat disk, meeting along a single circle at an angle of $2 \pi / 3$.
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Joel Hass
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
Email:
hass@math.ucdavis.edu
Michael Hutchings
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email:
hutching@math.harvard.edu
Roger Schlafly
Affiliation:
Real Software, PO Box 1680, Soquel, CA 95073
Email:
rschlafly@attmail.com
Keywords:
Double bubble; isoperimetric
Received by editor(s):
September 11, 1995
Additional Notes:
Hass was partially supported by the NSF
Hutchings was supported by an NSF Graduate Fellowship.
Communicated by:
Richard Schoen
Article copyright:
© Copyright 1996
Hass, Hutchings, Schlafly
