A Dense Packing of Regular Tetrahedra
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چکیده
We construct a dense packing of regular tetrahedra, with packing density D > .7786157.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Discrete & Computational Geometry
دوره 40 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008