The evolution of the structure of a two-dimensional soap froth

Abstract

We draw attention to the fact that the conclusions of Smith and others concerning the evolution of two-dimensional (2-D) soap froths, which were based on early experimental data, do not appear consistent with later data analysed by Aboav. This shows no stable limiting distribution of cell shapes within the range of the experimental samples. If this is accepted, the asymptotic evolution of the 2-D soap froth system (and any other physical system governed by analogous principles) must be radically different from what it is generally assumed to be.