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Balls in Space (Posted on 2005-12-09)

What is the maximum proportion of space that can be filled with an infinite number of identical spheres?

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From "Sphere Packing" at MathWorld:

Cubic or Hexagonal Close Packing:

PI/(3*Бу2) ~= 0.7405

Posted by Bractals on 2005-12-09 16:13:56

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