Sphere Packings

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  • Thomas C. Hales
چکیده

This paper is a continuation of the first two parts of this series ([I],[II]). It relies on the formulation of the Kepler conjecture in [F]. The terminology and notation of this paper are consistent with these earlier papers, and we refer to results from them by prefixing the relevant section numbers with I, II, or F. Around each vertex is a modification of the Voronoi cell, called the V -cell and a collection of quarters and quasi-regular tetrahedra. These objects constitute the decomposition star at the vertex. A decomposition star may be decomposed into standard clusters. By definition, a standard cluster is the part of the given decomposition star that lies over a given standard region on the unit sphere.

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تاریخ انتشار 1998