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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Main Author: Hsiang, Wu Yi, 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, 2001.
Series:Nankai tracts in mathematics ; v. 3.
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