Überdeckung der euklidischen Ebene durch zwei Einheitskreispackungen. (Covering of the Euclidean plane by two unit circles packings) (Q1086846)
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Überdeckung der euklidischen Ebene durch zwei Einheitskreispackungen. (Covering of the Euclidean plane by two unit circles packings) (English)
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1986
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The author discusses the following problem for packings of unit circles in the euclidean plane \(E^ 2\). Given such a packing P, when can we find another packing Q of unit circles such that \(P\cup Q\) cover \(E^ 2\). It is proved that Q exists if and only if P is a lattice packing, for which the underlying lattice has a basis \(\{\) a,b\(\}\) with \(| a| =| b| =2\) and 60\(\circ \leq |\sphericalangle (a,b)| \leq 90\circ\); then Q can be chosen as the translate of P by \((a+b)\). As a consequence, a covering C of \(E^ 2\) by unit circles splits into two packings of unit circles if and only if C is a lattice covering, for which the underlying lattice G has a basis \(\{a,(a+b)\}\), with a,b\(\in G\), \(| a| =| b| =2\) and 60\(\circ \leq |\sphericalangle (a,b)| \leq 90\circ.\) The paper presents parts of the author's Dissertation (Erfurt, 1984).
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coverings by circles
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packings of unit circles
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euclidean plane
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