OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The greatest possible minimum distance between 7 points in a unit square (Schaer and Meir, 1965; Schaer, 1965; Croft et al., 1991). - Amiram Eldar, Feb 24 2025
REFERENCES
Hallard T. Croft, Kenneth J. Falconer, and Richard K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Geometry, Springer, 1991, Section D1, p. 108.
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 94, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 8.2, p. 487.
LINKS
J. Schaer and A. Meir, On a geometric extremum problem, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1965), pp. 21-27.
J. Schaer, The densest packing of 9 circles in a square, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 3 (1965), pp. 273-277.
EXAMPLE
0.535898384862245412945107316988255266114389492379...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[2(2-Sqrt[3]), 10, 100][[1]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Stefano Spezia, Dec 21 2024
STATUS
approved