DOI: 10.1038/26609
关键词: Theoretical physics 、 Lattice (order) 、 Conjecture 、 Kepler 、 Physics 、 Assertion
摘要: One of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics appears to have been settled. On 9 August, Thomas C. Hales announced that he had proved Kepler's assertion 1611 no packing spheres can be denser than a face-centred-cubic lattice.