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A tale of touching tubes

Mathematicians find way to put seven cylinders in contact without using their ends

NO IFS, ASHES OR BUTTS  Seven cylinders can each touch each other using only their sides, not their ends, mathematicians have discovered.

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By Dana Mackenzie

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