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Least action principle of crystal formation of dense packing type and Kepler's conjecture /

The dense packing of microscopic spheres (i.e. atoms) is the basic geometric arrangement in crystals of mono-atomic elements with weak covalent bonds, which achieves the optimal "known density" of p/v18. In 1611, Johannes Kepler had already "conjectured" that p/v18 should be the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hsiang, Wu Yi, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, 2001.
Colección:Nankai tracts in mathematics ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgment; List of Symbols; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Basics of Euclidean and Spherical Geometries and a New Proof of the Problem of Thirteen Spheres; Chapter 3 Circle Packings and Sphere Packings; Chapter 4 Geometry of Local Cells and Specific Volume Estimation Techniques for Local Cells; Chapter 5 Estimates of Total Buckling Height; Chapter 6 The Proof of the Dodecahedron Conjecture; Chapter 7 Geometry of Type I Configurations and Local Extensions; Chapter 8 The Proof of Main Theorem I; Chapter 9 Retrospects and Prospects; References; Index.