Density of binary disc packings: playing with stoichiometry

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2022.105690zbMATH Open1502.52017arXiv2006.14232OpenAlexW3037399438MaRDI QIDQ2102691FDOQ2102691

Authors: Thomas Fernique 

Publication date: 29 November 2022

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider hard-disc mixtures with disc sizes within ratio $sqrt2-1$, that is, the small disc exactly fits in the hole between four large discs. For each prescribed stoichiometry of large and small discs, the densest packings are rigorously determined via a computer-assisted proof. The density is maximal for the 1:1 stoichiometry: the large discs then form a square grid in each interstitial site of which a small disc nests. When there is an excess of large discs, the densest packings are made of a single phase which mixes the two types of discs in a chaotic way (it can be described by square-triangle tilings). When there is an excess of small discs, on the contrary, a phenomenon of phase separation appears: the large discs are involved in the densest 1:1 stoichiometry phases while the excess of small discs form compact hexagonal phases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14232

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zbMATH Keywords

circle packingcomputer assisted proofmaximal densitydensest packings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15) Computer assisted proofs of proofs-by-exhaustion type (68V05)

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