New results in the packing of equal circles in a square (Q1896364)
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New results in the packing of equal circles in a square (English)
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16 April 1996
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The authors investigate the problem of maximizing the radius of \(n\) non- overlapping circles of even size in the unit square. They give an obvious transformation into a nonlinear optimization problem, and look for local optima by computer. The solutions obtained in this way match the known results for all \(n\leq 30\), improve the case \(n=15\), and yield new results for \(n= 28, 29\).
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sphere packing
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square
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nonlinear optimization
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