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How many more lattice points of a hexagonal lattice can be covered by placing a disk of diameter n at an optimal center instead of one of the three obvious centers (a lattice point, midpoint between two lattice points, barycenter of a fundamental triangle)?
The first difference occurs at n=9, when a diameter 9 disc around e.g. (1/2, 4*sqrt(5)) covers more lattice points than one around (0,0) or (1/2,0) or (1/2,sqrt(3)/6).
Clearly a(n) = O(n) as all "extra" points have norm approximately n^2/4 if the optimal center is chosen near (0,0). Does a(n)/n converge? Are there only finitely many n with a(n)=0?
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For diameters n=2,4,6,8 a disc around (0,0) and for n=1,3,5,7 a disc around(1/2,0) happens to be optimal (covers as many points as possible); therefore a(1)=a(2)=...=a(8)=0.
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nonn
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