The status of the Kepler conjecture

DOI10.1007/BF03024356MaRDI QIDQ1345650zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas C. Hales

Publication date 8 March 1995

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9811078

zbMATH Keywords

packing of spheresdensest packingKepler conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40)

Abstract: This is the eighth and final paper in a series giving a proof of the Kepler conjecture, which asserts that the density of a packing of congruent spheres in three dimensions is never greater than $pi/sqrt18approx\mathrm{0.74048...}$. This is the oldest problem in discrete geometry and is an important part of Hilbert's 18th problem. An example of a packing achieving this density is the face-centered cubic packing. This paper completes the fourth step of the program outlined in math.MG/9811073: A proof that if some standard region has more than four sides, then the star scores less than $8pt$.

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