Least action principle of crystal formation of dense packing type and Kepler's conjecture:
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Beteilige Person: Hsiang, Wu Yi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Singapore World Scientific 2001
Schriftenreihe:Nankai tracts in mathematics v. 3
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-399) and index
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
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 optimal "density" of sphere packings. Thus, the central problems in the study of sphere packings are the proof of Kepler's conjecture that p/v18 is the optimal density, and the establishing of the least action principle that the hexagonal dense packings in crystals are the geometric consequence of optimization of densi
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 402 pages)
ISBN:9789812384911
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