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A051658 Experimental values for maximal number of contacts between equal circles and the box that are packed into a square. 0
4, 5, 7, 12, 12, 13, 14, 20, 24, 21, 20, 25, 25, 32, 36, 40, 34, 38, 37, 44, 39, 43, 56, 56, 60, 56, 55, 57, 65, 65, 55, 63, 65, 80, 80, 84, 77, 77, 80, 85, 100, 90, 85, 82, 94, 91, 94, 111, 120, 100, 97, 105, 110, 115, 113, 119, 113 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

REFERENCES

H. T. Croft, K. J. Falconer and R. K. Guy: Unsolved problems in geometry, Springer, New York, 1991.

LINKS

D. Boll, Optimal Packing Of Circles And Spheres

E. Friedman, Erich's Packing Center

C. D. Maranas, C. A. Floudas and P. M. Pardalos, New results in the packing of equal circles in a square, Discrete Mathematics 142 (1995), p. 287-293.

K. J. Nurmela and P.R. J. Ostergard, Packing up to 50 equal circles in a square, Discrete Comput. Geom. 18 (1997) 1, p. 111-120.

E. Specht, www.packomania.com

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A184778 A062709 A129302 * A047491 A064401 A079337

Adjacent sequences:  A051655 A051656 A051657 * A051659 A051660 A051661

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Eckard Specht (eckard.specht(AT)physik.uni-magdeburg.de)

EXTENSIONS

I do not know how many of these values have been rigorously proved - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

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