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Strange phenomena in convex and discrete geometry
1 online resource (x, 158 pages) : illustrations.
Convex and discrete geometry is one of the most intuitive subjects in mathematics. One can explain many of its problems, even the most difficult - such as the sphere-packing problem (what is the densest possible arrangement of spheres in an n-dimensional space?) and the Borsuk problem (is it possible to partition any bounded set in an n-dimensional space into n+1 subsets, each of which is strictly smaller in "extent" than the full set?) - in terms that a layman can understand; and one can reasonably make conjectures about their solutions with little training in mathematics.
Chuanming Zong ; edited by James J. Dudziak.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-153) and index.