Kepler's conjecture. How some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world. Transl. from the English by Manfred Stern

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-12741-0MaRDI QIDQ3579876zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors George Szpiro

Publication date 11 August 2010

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12741-0

zbMATH Keywords

densitypolyhedraDelaunay triangulationgeometry of numbersknotstilingsVoronoi diagramKepler conjecture(ball) packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35) Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40) Lattice packing and covering (number-theoretic aspects) (11H31) Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15) General histories, source books (01A05) History of convex and discrete geometry (52-03) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to convex and discrete geometry (52-01)

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