Recent content by harriswillys

Well, sure, if you assume stacked spheres then yes, the shapes can indeed be predicted. If random sized balloons are placed randomly in a box and the air evacuated, you have the soap bubble problem. I am not disagreeing with you, simply pointing out that different assumptions on the...

This is not a new question - or perhaps its a novel restatement of a question that's intrigued physicists for decades. Soap bubbles provide the classic example of this maximum volume and minimum surface area problem. Shapes will vary according to number and size of balloons (bubbles) and the...