kissing number problem
Sign in to saveproblem of determining the maximum number of non-overlapping spheres that can be simultaneously tangent to another sphere of the same size
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, kissing number problem is referenced by 191 other articles, and connects out to close-packing of equal spheres, Isaac Newton and Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light.
Vinony files it under Discrete geometry and Packing problems.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mathematical problem
- Named after
- Isaac Newton
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Kissing number problem
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Connections
close-packing of equal spheres
Entity
Isaac Newton
Person
Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
Entity
Neil Sloane
Entity
geometry
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Newton's laws of motion
Entity
classical mechanics
Entity
calculus
Entity
sphere
Entity
newton
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity
inertia
Entity
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Entity
dimension
Entity
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Entity
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Entity
Newtonian gravitational constant
Entity
inequality
Entity
spectrum
Entity