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Sphere Cube (Posted on 2004-02-09)

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In a cube of side 4, I pack eight spheres of unit radius.

What is the largest sphere I can place in the center (such that it doesn't overlap any of the other spheres)?

See The Solution Submitted by SilverKnight

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re(3): another dimension

| Comment 13 of 16 |

(In reply to re(2): another dimension by Tristan)

That's pretty good, Tristan... I start having trouble imagining such a cube, when the dimensions exceed 3... :-)

-SK

P.S. yup... the sides of a 9-cube have 8 dimensions.

Posted by SilverKnight on 2004-02-13 15:43:19

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