Exponential lower bound for the translative kissing numbers of \(d\)-dimensional convex bodies (Q1387856)

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Exponential lower bound for the translative kissing numbers of \(d\)-dimensional convex bodies
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    Exponential lower bound for the translative kissing numbers of \(d\)-dimensional convex bodies (English)
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    20 April 1999
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    The translate kissing number or Hadwiger number \(H(K)\) of a convex body \(K\) of \(\mathbb{R}^d\) is the maximum number of mutually nonoverlapping translates of \(K\) which touch \(K\). The author shows that \(H(K) \geq 2^{cd}\) for all \(K\subset \mathbb{R}^d\) with an absolute constant \(c>0\).
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    kissing number
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    Hadwiger number
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