Sphere packings III

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1998-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/math/9811075v2

Mathematics

Metric Geometry

22 pages. Fifth in a series beginning with math.MG/9811071

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This is the fifth in a series of papers giving a proof of the Kepler conjecture, which asserts that the density of a packing of congruent spheres in three dimensions is never greater than $\pi/\sqrt{18}\approx 0.74048...$. This is the oldest problem in discrete geometry and is an important part of Hilbert's 18th problem. An example of a packing achieving this density is the face-centered cubic packing. This paper carries out the third step of the program outlined in math.MG/9811073: A proof that if all of the standard regions are triangles or quadrilaterals, then the total score is less than $8 \pt$ (excluding the case of pentagonal prisms).

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