X-Nico

2 unusual facts about packing problem


Decomino

This makes it trivial to prove that the complete set of decominoes cannot be packed into a rectangle, and that not all decominoes can be tiled.

Octomino

This makes it trivial to prove that the complete set of octominoes cannot be packed into a rectangle, and that not all octominoes can be tiled.


Distance of closest approach of ellipses and ellipsoids

His results were useful for computer simulations of hard particle systems and for packing problems using Monte Carlo simulations.

His results were useful for the study of the phase behavior of hard particles and for the packing problem using Monte Carlo simulations.


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