The hexagonal honeycomb conjecture

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 351, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1753-1763

  Morgan, Frank ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Hexagonal honeycomb; Isoperimetric; Perimeter minimizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644451437     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-99-02356-9     Document Type: Article

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