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G. Fejes T\'oth posed the following problem: Determine the infimum of the densities of the lattices of closed balls in $\bR^n$ such that each affine $k$-subspace $(0 \le k \le n-1)$ of $\bR^n$ intersects some ball of the lattice. We give a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-12-06 E. Makai, , H. Martini

Let the kissing number $K(d)$ be the maximum number of non-overlapping unit balls in $\mathbb R^d$ that can touch a given unit ball. Determining or estimating the number $K(d)$ has a long history, with the value of $K(3)$ being the subject…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Irene Gil Fernández , Jaehoon Kim , Hong Liu , Oleg Pikhurko

We consider the online problem of packing circles into a square container. A sequence of circles has to be packed one at a time, without knowledge of the following incoming circles and without moving previously packed circles. We present an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-03 Sándor P. Fekete , Sven von Höveling , Christian Scheffer

This article presents a general solution to the problem of computational complexity. First, it gives a historical introduction to the problem since the revival of the foundational problems of mathematics at the end of the 19th century.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-25 Rami Zaidan

We investigate the asymptotic best approximation of a smooth, strictly convex body $K$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ by inscribed polytopes with a restricted number of vertices under the intrinsic volume difference. We prove rigidity phenomena in both…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Steven Hoehner

In this paper I will approach the computation of the maximum density of regular lattices in large dimensions using a statistical mechanics approach. The starting point will be some theorems of Roger, which are virtually unknown in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Giorgio Parisi

In this survey, we discuss volumetric and combinatorial results concerning (mostly finite) intersections or unions of balls (mostly of equal radii) in the $d$-dimensional real vector space, mostly equipped with the Euclidean norm. Our first…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Károly Bezdek , Zsolt Lángi , Márton Naszódi

Recent advances in statistics introduced versions of the central limit theorem for high-dimensional vectors, allowing for the construction of confidence regions for high-dimensional parameters. In this note, $s$-sparsely convex…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-20 Sven Klaassen

We study the problem of learning a high-density region of an arbitrary distribution over $\mathbb{R}^d$. Given a target coverage parameter $\delta$, and sample access to an arbitrary distribution $D$, we want to output a confidence set $S…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Chao Gao , Liren Shan , Vaidehi Srinivas , Aravindan Vijayaraghavan

Let $P_{n}$ be a set of $n$ points, including the origin, in the unit square $U = [0,1]^2$. We consider the problem of constructing $n$ axis-parallel and mutually disjoint rectangles inside $U$ such that the bottom-left corner of each…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Sandip Banerjee , Aritra Banik , Bhargab B. Bhattacharya , Arijit Bishnu , Soumyottam Chatterjee

In this paper we consider ball packings in $4$-dimensional hyperbolic space. We show that it is possible to exceed the conjectured $4$-dimensional realizable packing density upper bound due to L. Fejes T\'oth (Regular Figures, 1964). We…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-25 Robert Thijs Kozma , Jenő Szirmai

This review describes the diversity of jammed configurations attainable by frictionless convex nonoverlapping (hard) particles in Euclidean spaces and for that purpose it stresses individual-packing geometric analysis. A fundamental feature…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-19 Salvatore Torquato , Frank H. Stillinger

The curvature parameter tension between Planck 2018, cosmic microwave background lensing, and baryon acoustic oscillation data is measured using the suspiciousness statistic to be 2.5 to 3$\sigma$. Conclusions regarding the spatial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Will Handley

We completely characterize isoperimetric regions in R^n with density e^h, where h is convex, smooth, and radially symmetric. In particular, balls around the origin constitute isoperimetric regions of any given volume, proving the Log-Convex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Gregory R. Chambers

Statler (1987) demonstrated that self-consistent triaxial models with the perfect density law could be constructed for virtually any choice of axis ratios. His experiments are repeated here using triaxial mass models based on Jaffe's…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David Merritt

We call a periodic ball packing in d-dimensional Euclidean space periodically (strictly) jammed with respect to a period lattice if there are no nontrivial motions of the balls that preserve the period (that maintain some period with…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-07 Robert Connelly , Jeffrey D. Shen , Alexander D. Smith

The Small Ball Inequality is a conjectural lower bound on sums the L-infinity norm of sums of Haar functions supported on dyadic rectangles of a fixed volume in the unit cube. The conjecture is fundamental to questions in discrepancy…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-05-04 Dmitriy Bilyk , Michael T. Lacey , Ioannis Parissis , Armen Vagharshakyan

There are several approaches for using computers in deriving mathematical proofs. For their illustration, we provide an in-depth study of using computer support for proving one complex combinatorial conjecture -- correctness of a strategy…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Predrag Janičić , Filip Marić , Marko Maliković

In this paper we generalize the classical theorem of Thue about the optimal circular disc packing in the plane. We are given a family of circular discs, not necessarily of equal radii, with the property that the inflation of every disc by a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-10-14 Rom Pinchasi , Gershon Wolansky

We provide conjectural necessary and (separately) sufficient conditions for the Hilbert scheme of points of a given length to have the maximum dimension tangent space at a point. The sufficient condition is claimed for 3D and reduces the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-11 Fatemeh Rezaee