The 3-ball is a local pessimum for packing

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2014.07.015zbMATH Open1298.52018arXiv1212.2551OpenAlexW2031171639WikidataQ56002676 ScholiaQ56002676MaRDI QIDQ400987FDOQ400987

Authors: Yoav Kallus 

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It was conjectured by Ulam that the ball has the lowest optimal packing fraction out of all convex, three-dimensional solids. Here we prove that any origin-symmetric convex solid of sufficiently small asphericity can be packed at a higher efficiency than balls. We also show that in dimensions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 24 there are origin-symmetric convex bodies of arbitrarily small asphericity that cannot be packed using a lattice as efficiently as balls can be.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2551

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zbMATH Keywords

latticeconvex bodyspherical harmonicspackingLeech latticesphere packingcentrally symmetricpessimum

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) Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06) Lattice packing and covering (number-theoretic aspects) (11H31)

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• kepler98

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