Kepler, spheres, clusters, catastrophes; finite and infinite sphere packings; remarks on history, problems and applications (Q1434088)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2077969
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2077969 |
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Kepler, spheres, clusters, catastrophes; finite and infinite sphere packings; remarks on history, problems and applications (English)
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1 July 2004
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The paper under review is a brief popular and stimulating survey on classical results and new trends in finite and infinite packing theory. Starting with the Kepler problem, kissing numbers and lattice packings the second part is mainly devoted to finite parametric packings, sausage phenomenons and to applications of parametric densities to crystal growth and micro-clusters.
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sphere packings
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finite packings
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sausages
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crystals
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