Soft cell
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Short description: Type of geometric shape
In mathematics, a soft cell is a shape with curved edges that can tile the 2D plane or 3D space.[1] The class of shapes was discovered in 2024 by Gábor Domokos, Alain Goriely, Ákos G. Horváth and Krisztina Regős.[2][3]
The shapes are found in a wide variety of phenomena in nature, such as river estuaries, muscle fibres, and the seashell chambers of the nautilus.[4][5]
According to Maths.ox.ac.uk, "The geometry of [... these] cells is similar to polyhedra, defined by a set of vertices, edges and faces. However [...] the edges of [... these] cells need not be straight and their faces need not be planar".[6]
References
- ↑ Ball, Philip (20 September 2024). "Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature" (in en). Nature 634 (8032): 13–14. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03099-6. PMID 39304756. Bibcode: 2024Natur.634...13B. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03099-6. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ "Mathematicians discover new universal class of shapes to explain complex biological forms | University of Oxford" (in en). 12 September 2024. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-09-12-mathematicians-discover-new-universal-class-shapes-explain-complex-biological-forms.
- ↑ Cutts, Elise (19 November 2024). "Newly Discovered Shape Is a Tessellation Revelation" (in en). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-discover-a-new-kind-of-shape-thats-all-over-nature/.
- ↑ "Soft cells: Rounded tile shapes echo those found in nature". https://phys.org/news/2024-09-soft-cells-rounded-tile-echo.html.
- ↑ Ball, Philip (2024). "Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature". Nature 634 (8032): 13–14. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03099-6. PMID 39304756. Bibcode: 2024Natur.634...13B. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03099-6.
- ↑ https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308. Maths.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-23
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