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The sphere packing problem

1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0377-0427(92)90052-y

ISSN

1879-1778

Autores

Thomas Hales,

Tópico(s)

Mathematics and Applications

Resumo

The sphere packing problem asks whether any packing of spheres of equal radius in three dimensions has density exceeding that of the face-centered-cubic lattice packing (of density φ18). This paper sketches a solution to this problem.

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