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Packing doesn’t necessarily make nice symmetrical things. I don’t have an image for n=51 but this [1] is for 55. Interestingly for square numbers from 49 on, th
by pietor 6y ago
Packing doesn’t necessarily make nice symmetrical things. I don’t have an image for n=51 but this [1] is for 55. Interestingly for square numbers from 49 on, the best packing is not the obvious square lattice either [2]
[1]: https://www.ime.usp.br/~egbirgin/packing/packing_by_nlp/numerical.php?table=csq-mina&title=Packing%20of%20unitary-radius%20circles%20in%20a%20square https://www.ime.usp.br/~egbirgin/packing/packing_by_nlp/nume...
[2]: https://www.ime.usp.br/~egbirgin/packing/packing_by_nlp/numerical.php?table=csq-mina&title=Packing%20of%20unitary-radius%20circles%20in%20a%20square https://www.ime.usp.br/~egbirgin/packing/packing_by_nlp/nume...