Configuration spaces of equal spheres touching a given sphere: the twelve spheres problem

DOI10.1007/978-3-662-57413-3_10zbMath1442.52015arXiv1611.10297OpenAlexW2792148143MaRDI QIDQ2417586

Rob Kusner, Senya B. Shlosman, Wöden Kusner, Jeffrey C. Lagarias

Publication date: 12 June 2019

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.10297

zbMATH Keywords

criticalityMorse theoryconstrained optimizationconfiguration spacesdiscrete geometrymaterials science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25) Lattice packing and covering (number-theoretic aspects) (11H31) Optimality conditions for minimax problems (49K35) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05) Generalized coordinates; event, impulse-energy, configuration, state, or phase space for problems in mechanics (70G10)

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