The Covering of n -Dimensional Space by Spheres

DOI10.1112/jlms/s1-28.3.287zbMath0050.38902OpenAlexW1991841042MaRDI QIDQ5819006

C. A. Rogers, Paul Erdős

Publication date: 1953

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms/s1-28.3.287

zbMATH Keywords

metric geometry, convex geometry, integral geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Lattice packing and covering (number-theoretic aspects) (11H31)

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