The kissing number and related problems (Oleg Musin, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesAbstract: The kissing number problem asks for the maximal number k(n) of equal size nonoverlapping spheres in n-dimensional space that can touch another sphere of the same size. This problem in dimension three was the subject of a famous discussion between Isaac Newton and David Gregory in 1694. In three dimensions the problem was finally […]