Soap films and Kelvin's curved, truncated octahedron

Journal of Geometric Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 425-443

  Huff, Robert ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flat structure; Kelvin; Minimal surface; soap film; triply periodic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867954049     PISSN: 10506926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02930980     Document Type: Review

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