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A computer verification of the Kepler conjecture

度量几何 2007-05-23 v1

摘要

The Kepler conjecture asserts that the density of a packing of congruent balls in three dimensions is never greater than π/18\pi/\sqrt{18}. A computer assisted verification confirmed this conjecture in 1998. This article gives a historical introduction to the problem. It describes the procedure that converts this problem into an optimization problem in a finite number of variables and the strategies used to solve this optimization problem.

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@article{arxiv.math/0305012,
  title  = {A computer verification of the Kepler conjecture},
  author = {Thomas C. Hales},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0305012},
  year   = {2007}
}