John Talbot,
Chuanming Zong
Springer New York
1999e druk, 1999
9780387987941
Sphere Packings
Specificaties
Gebonden, 242 blz.
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Engels
Springer New York |
1999e druk, 1999
ISBN13: 9780387987941
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Universitext
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Sphere packings is one of the most fascinating and challenging subjects in mathematics. In the course of centuries, many exciting results have been obtained, ingenious methods created, related challenging problems proposed, and many surprising connections with other subjects found. This book gives a full account of this fascinating subject, especially its local aspects, discrete aspects, and its proof methods. The book includes both classical and contemporary results and provides a full treatment of the subject.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780387987941
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:242
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:1999
Serie:Universitext
Inhoudsopgave
The Gregory-Newton Problem and Kepler’s Conjecture.- Positive Definite Quadratic Forms and Lattice Sphere Packings.- Lower Bounds for the Packing Densities of Spheres.- Lower Bounds for the Blocking Numbers and the Kissing Numbers of Spheres.- Sphere Packings Constructed from Codes.- Upper Bounds for the Packing Densities and the Kissing Numbers of Spheres I.- Upper Bounds for the Packing Densities and the Kissing Numbers of Spheres II.- Upper Bounds for the Packing Densities and the Kissing Numbers of Spheres III.- The Kissing Numbers of Spheres in Eight and Twenty-Four Dimensions.- Multiple Sphere Packings.- Holes in Sphere Packings.- Problems of Blocking Light Rays.- Finite Sphere Packings.