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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Motivated by biological questions, we study configurations of equal spheres
that neither pack nor cover. Placing their centers on a lattice, we define the
soft density of the configuration by penalizing multiple overlaps. Considering
the 1-parameter family of diagonally distorted 3-dimensional integer lattices,
we show that the soft density is maximized at the FCC lattice.
acknowledgement: This work was partially supported by the DFG Collaborative Research
Center TRR 109, “Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics,” through grant I02979-N35
of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
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author:
- first_name: Herbert
full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert
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last_name: Edelsbrunner
orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833
- first_name: Mabel
full_name: Iglesias Ham, Mabel
id: 41B58C0C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Iglesias Ham
citation:
ama: Edelsbrunner H, Iglesias Ham M. On the optimality of the FCC lattice for soft
sphere packing. SIAM J Discrete Math. 2018;32(1):750-782. doi:10.1137/16M1097201
apa: Edelsbrunner, H., & Iglesias Ham, M. (2018). On the optimality of the FCC
lattice for soft sphere packing. SIAM J Discrete Math. Society for Industrial
and Applied Mathematics . https://doi.org/10.1137/16M1097201
chicago: Edelsbrunner, Herbert, and Mabel Iglesias Ham. “On the Optimality of the
FCC Lattice for Soft Sphere Packing.” SIAM J Discrete Math. Society for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics , 2018. https://doi.org/10.1137/16M1097201.
ieee: H. Edelsbrunner and M. Iglesias Ham, “On the optimality of the FCC lattice
for soft sphere packing,” SIAM J Discrete Math, vol. 32, no. 1. Society
for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , pp. 750–782, 2018.
ista: Edelsbrunner H, Iglesias Ham M. 2018. On the optimality of the FCC lattice
for soft sphere packing. SIAM J Discrete Math. 32(1), 750–782.
mla: Edelsbrunner, Herbert, and Mabel Iglesias Ham. “On the Optimality of the FCC
Lattice for Soft Sphere Packing.” SIAM J Discrete Math, vol. 32, no. 1,
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , 2018, pp. 750–82, doi:10.1137/16M1097201.
short: H. Edelsbrunner, M. Iglesias Ham, SIAM J Discrete Math 32 (2018) 750–782.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:46Z
date_published: 2018-03-29T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-13T09:34:38Z
day: '29'
department:
- _id: HeEd
doi: 10.1137/16M1097201
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oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 750 - 782
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: I02979-N35
name: Persistence and stability of geometric complexes
publication: SIAM J Discrete Math
publication_identifier:
issn:
- '08954801'
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publisher: 'Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics '
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title: On the optimality of the FCC lattice for soft sphere packing
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