![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Specifically, the arrangement of equal-sized spheres to fill a space with the minimum amount of wasted volume is the so-called close packing, which consists of layers of spheres whose centers form a hexagonal lattice. Sometimes called the Cannonball Problem, it asks whether the traditional pattern used to stack oranges (or cannonballs) is optimal. Conveniently, the mathematical tools Hales used to prove the Honeycomb Conjecture were recycled after having settled another long-standing open problem, Kepler’s Conjecture. ![]()
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