Conjecture on equal densities of densest plane group packings
Conjecture on equal densities of densest plane group packings
Let an -gon be a regular polygon, and let the density of its densest packing with plane-group symmetry be denoted by the corresponding packing density. The relevant classes are centrally nonsymmetric -gons with three-fold rotational symmetry, centrally symmetric -gons, and -gons containing a six-fold rotational symmetry.
Equal-density packing conjecture. Densities of the densest , , and packings are equal for all, but centrally nonsymmetric -gons with three-fold rotational symmetry and , densities of the denses , , , and packings are equal for all centrally symmetric -gons, and densities of the densest , , , , and packings are equal for all -gons containing a six-fold rotational symmetry.
These conjectured equalities summarize the observed exceptional behavior of three-fold and six-fold rotational symmetries in densest plane-group packings of regular polygons. The supplied text does not state which cases have been proved or remain open.
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Miloslav Torda, John Y. Goulermas, Vitaliy Kurlin and Graeme M. Day, “Densest plane group packings of regular polygons”, arXiv:2207.08959 (2022).
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