In mathematics, a soft cell is a shape with curved edges that can tile the 2D plane or 3D space. The class of shapes was discovered in 2024 by Gábor Domokos, Alain Goriely, Ákos G. Horváth and Krisztina Regős.
The shapes are found in a wide variety of phenomena in nature, such as estuary, , and the seashell chambers of the nautilus.
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