Conjecture on equal densities of densest plane group packings

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Let an nn-gon be a regular polygon, and let the density of its densest packing with plane-group symmetry GG be denoted by the corresponding packing density. The relevant classes are centrally nonsymmetric nn-gons with three-fold rotational symmetry, centrally symmetric nn-gons, and nn-gons containing a six-fold rotational symmetry.

Equal-density packing conjecture. Densities of the densest p2p2, pgpg, and p2ggp2gg packings are equal for all, but centrally nonsymmetric nn-gons with three-fold rotational symmetry and n≥9n\geq 9, densities of the denses p2p2, pgpg, p2ggp2gg, and p1p1 packings are equal for all centrally symmetric nn-gons, and densities of the densest p2p2, pgpg, p2ggp2gg, p1p1, and p3p3 packings are equal for all nn-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.

References

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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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