The kissing numbers of tetrahedra

DOI10.1007/BF02711493MaRDI QIDQ1913596zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Chuan Ming Zong

Publication date 22 May 1996

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02711493

zbMATH Keywords

kissing number problemlattice packingtetrahedron

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)

Review text

The author shows that there is a lattice packing of tetrahedra such that each tetrahedron contacts 18 others, and that any other packing lattice permits a smaller contact- or kissing-number. So he solves the lattice kissing number problem for the tetrahedron completely. The kissing number for the tetrahedron is remarkably larger than that of the 3-ball, which is 12 according to the famous Newton-Gregory problem. Another surprising phenomenon: The kissing number in the densest lattice packing of tetrahedron is 14, i.e. considerably smaller than the optimum; in contrast to the sphere-case.

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