Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture

DOI10.2307/2695380MaRDI QIDQ2730818zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frank Morgan

Publication date 6 August 2002

Published in American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/10481/32449

zbMATH Keywords

double bubble conjectureperimeter minimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Geometric measure and integration theory, integral and normal currents in optimization (49Q15) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

Review text

The double bubble conjecture, now theorem, is that the least-area way to enclose and separate two given volumes of air is with two spherical caps separated by a third spherical cap, all meeting at 120 degree angles. The author gives an exposition of the proof of this result. The lower dimensional analogue known as the planar double bubble theorem is proved in detail. Proofs of other key ideas are sketched (the symmetry theorem, the monotonicity theorem, the Hutchings component bound) as is the proof of the main result. Numerous illustrations are provided to help the reader visualize the arguments.

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