Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!spar!ellis From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Perfection Message-ID: <398@spar.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:15:57 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.398 Posted: Sun Jul 14 08:15:57 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 05:28:32 EDT References: <356@imsvax.UUCP> <802@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 16 >> Consider the honeycomb, which represents a perfect >> solution to a multi-dimentional optimization problem. The hexagonal >> shape gives maximum strength for minimal use of material with >If the honeycomb is truly "the perfect structure", why are bees the only >> Bees would need engineering degrees with math through This is all getting a bit baroque.. Throw any reasonably sized bag of marbles on the ground, or into a pan if you wish to see what happens in a higher dimensionality. The marbles will arrange themselves into hexagons. -michael