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Multiple covering of the plane by circles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

W. J. Blundon
W. J. Blundon
Affiliation:
University College, London and Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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It is well known that the thinnest covering of the plane by equal circles (of radius 1, say) occurs when the centres of the circles are at the points of an equilateral lattice, i.e. a lattice whose fundamental cell consists of two equilateral triangles. The density of thinnest covering is

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , June 1957 , pp. 7 - 16
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Copyright © University College London 1957

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page 7 note * For several proofs, see Tóth, L. Fejes, Lagerungen in der Ebene auf der Kugel und im Baum, (Berlin, 1953), Ch. III.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 7 note † Without this restriction the problem becomes much more difficult.

page 8 note * |P| denotes the distance OP, and we use an obvious symbolism for vector addition, so that e.g. P—Q = R, where OR is equal and parallel to QP.

page 8 note † Loc. cit., p. 11.