The history of the Kepler conjecture

zbMATH Open1209.52010MaRDI QIDQ3062079FDOQ3062079

Authors: Natalia Romero, Pedro J. Miana 

Publication date: 3 January 2011

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zbMATH Keywords

Voronoi cellsArchimedean solidsKepler conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) Mechanization of proofs and logical operations (03B35) History of convex and discrete geometry (52-03)

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