Lattice-like translation ball packings in Nil space (Q2915409)

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    Lattice-like translation ball packings in Nil space
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6083243

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      Lattice-like translation ball packings in Nil space (English)
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      17 September 2012
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      Thurston geometries
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      translation ball
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      lattice-like ball packing
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      tiling
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      Nil geometry is one of the eight homogeneous Thurston 3-geometries. In the present paper the translation balls of the Nil space are studied, using the projective model of Nil geometry introduced by \textit{E. Molnár} [Beitr. Algebra Geom. 38, 261--288 (1997; Zbl 0889.51021)]. In particular, their volumes are computed. The author also provides estimates for the density of the optimal lattice-like translation ball packing and for the kissing number of the lattice-like ball packings.
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