A note on Hornich's problem (Q1291136)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1295483
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A note on Hornich's problem
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1295483

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    A note on Hornich's problem (English)
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    12 December 1999
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    An upper bound is given for Hornich's problem, namely to determine the smallest number of nonoverlapping unit spheres which can block all the light rays starting from the center of a fixed one. The Dirichlet approximation theorem is applied.
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    Hornich problem
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    upper bound
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    nonoverlapping unit spheres
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    Dirichlet approximation theorem
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