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Slices of L. Fejes Tóth's sausage conjecture

Part of: General convexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

U. Betke ,
P. Gritzmann  and
J. M. Wills
U. Betke
Affiliation:
Math. Inst. Univ. Siegen, Hölderlinstrasse 3, D-5900 Siegen
P. Gritzmann
Affiliation:
Math. Inst. Univ. Siegen, Hölderlinstrasse 3, D-5900 Siegen
J. M. Wills
Affiliation:
Math. Inst. Univ. Siegen, Hölderlinstrasse 3, D-5900 Siegen
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Let be k non-overlapping translates of the unit d-ball Bd in euclidean d-space Ed. Let Ck denote the convex hull of their centres and let Sk be a segment of length 2(k– 1). Furthermore, let Vd denote the d-volume. L. Fejes Tóth conjectured in [1], that, for d ≥ 5,

MSC classification

Secondary: 52A40: Inequalities and extremum problems
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , December 1982 , pp. 194 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1982

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References

1.Tóth, L. FejesResearch problem 13. Periodica Math. Hung., 6 (1975).Google Scholar
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3.Kleinschmidt, P. and Pachner, U. and Wills, J. M. On L. Fejes TÓth's sausage conjecture. Discrete Math. To appearGoogle Scholar