Research problems

DOI10.1007/BF01849507MaRDI QIDQ5966488zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors László Fejes Tóth

Publication date 1989

Published in Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01849507

zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet cellk-circle packingk-neighbour packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Review text

The author restates the following long-standing conjecture: In \(E^ 3\) any 12-neighbour packing of congruent balls consists of hexagonal layers. To be more understandable: Each ball of the mentioned arrangement shall be touched by at least 12 others, and a hexagonal layer of balls is a configuration of equal balls whose centers lie in a plane and each ball is touched by 6 others. The remaining gap in the whole proof and the connection to a paper of \textit{I. Barany}, \textit{Z. Füredi} and \textit{J. Pach} [Can. J. Math. 36, 569-576 (1984; Zbl 0507.52001)] on a 2-dimensional version are outlined.

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