Self-similar space-filling sphere packings in three and four dimensions

DOI10.1142/S0218348X18500226zbMATH Open1433.52024arXiv1607.08391OpenAlexW2962822169WikidataQ130131221 ScholiaQ130131221MaRDI QIDQ4959947FDOQ4959947

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Publication date: 7 April 2020

Published in: Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Inversive geometry can be used to generate exactly self-similar space-filling sphere packings. We present a construction method in two dimensions and generalize it to search for packings in higher dimensions. We newly discover 29 three-dimensional and 13 four-dimensional topologies of which 10 and 5, respectively, are bearings. To distinguish and characterize the packing topologies, we numerically estimate their fractal dimensions and we analyze their contact networks.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.08391

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zbMATH Keywords

packing of spheresself-similar packingspace-filling packingfour-dimensional packingfractal packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractals (28A80) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)

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