## Pacific Journal of Mathematics

### The standard double soap bubble in ${\bf R}^2$ uniquely minimizes perimeter.

#### Article information

Source
Pacific J. Math. Volume 159, Number 1 (1993), 47-59.

Dates
First available: 8 December 2004

Permanent link to this document
http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102634378

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0782.49026

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0738.49023

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1211384

#### Citation

Foisy, Joel; Alfaro, Manuel; Brock, Jeffrey; Hodges, Nickelous; Zimba, Jason. The standard double soap bubble in ${\bf R}^2$ uniquely minimizes perimeter. Pacific Journal of Mathematics 159 (1993), no. 1, 47--59. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102634378.

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