Optimal densities of packings consisting of highly unequal objects

Abstract: Let

D e l t a

be the optimal packing density of

m a t h b b R^{n}

by unit balls. We show the optimal packing density using two sizes of balls approaches

D e l t a + (1 - D e l t a) D e l t a

as the ratio of the radii tends to infinity. More generally, if

B

is a body and

D

is a finite set of bodies, then the optimal density

D e l t a_{r B c u p D}

of packings consisting of congruent copies of the bodies from

r B c u p D

converges to

D e l t a_{D} + (1 - D e l t a_{D}) D e l t a_{B}

as

r

tends to zero.

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