Editing Soap bubble (section)

=== Soap bubbles as unconventional computing ===
{{see also|Unconventional computing}}
The structures that soap films make can not just be enclosed as spheres, but virtually any shape, for example in wire frames. Therefore, many different minimal surfaces can be designed. It is actually sometimes easier to physically make them than to compute them by [[mathematical modelling]]. This is why the soap films can be considered as [[analog computer]]s which can outperform conventional computers, depending on the complexity of the system.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1511/2012.96.1| title = The Soap Film: An Analogue Computer| journal = American Scientist| volume = 100| issue = 3| pages = 1| year = 2012| last1 = Isenberg | first1 = Cyril }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1511/2012.96.1| title = The Soap Film: An Analogue Computer| journal = American Scientist| volume = 64| issue = 3| pages = 514–518| year = 1976| last1 = Isenberg | first1 = Cyril | bibcode = 1976AmSci..64..514I}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1511/2012.96.1| title = Soap Film Letters| journal = American Scientist| volume = 100| issue = January–February| pages = 1| year = 1977| last1 = Taylor | first1 = Jean E. }}</ref>