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A nonparallel cylinder packing with positive density

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Krystyna Kuperberg
Affiliation:
Department of Foundations, Analysis and Topology, Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5310, U.S.A.
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Abstract

There exists a family of pairwise disjoint congruent infinite circular cylinders such that no two cylinders of are parallel and the density of is greater than zero.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1990

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