• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, it happens when you pack the circles as densely as possible. If you place them in a grid, they will expand to a grid.

      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I think that depends on the fiction between each item / cell, and the plane.

        I think soap bubbles for example will always form hexagons.