Mit der gleichen Mathematik wie Stringtheoretiker entdecken Netzwerkwissenschaftler, dass die Oberflächenoptimierung die Architektur des Gehirns bestimmt – und nicht die Längenminimierung.

TLDR –

* developed a new methodology they call surface minimization, which suggested that instead of simply trying to minimize length, physical networks minimize their surfaces
* neuronal connections are three-dimensional..surface areas must be accounted for as well as length.
* the mathematical approach to solving the problem already existed in a different discipline – string theory.