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This paper describes the use of various symmetry features, including periodic boundary conditions, mirror boundaries, and rotational symmetry, in the Evolver. As a test case, we use these features to study foams, in particular the equal-volume foams of Kelvin and Weaire-Phelan. To compute the shape and energy of one of these compound surfaces, it is most efficient to work with only the smallest possible fundamental domain.
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Brakke, K.A., Sullivan, J.M. (1997). Using Symmetry Features of the Surface Evolver to Study Foams. In: Hege, HC., Polthier, K. (eds) Visualization and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59195-2_7
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