The problem of thirteen spheres -- a proof for undergraduates (Q2372436)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5175303
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5175303 |
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The problem of thirteen spheres -- a proof for undergraduates (English)
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27 July 2007
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The author presents a proof of the fact that a unit sphere cannot be touched by more than 12 other unit spheres which is elementary in the sense that it uses only elementary spherical geometry. The level of mathematical sophistication required by the proof is quite high. The paper contains a useful bibliography.
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