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.
References
Primary source
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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