# Disks Packing Variant

Usually disk packing problems require that no two disks of the packing intersect.

Does anybody know if the problem has been studied when disks may intersect but they are not allowed to contain the center of any other disk?

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In a collection of closed disks of radius $r$, disks do not contain the centre of any other disk iff the disks of radius $r/2$ with the same centres are disjoint. –  Robert Israel Oct 29 '12 at 15:46
In my experience, disk-packing problems often allow two disks to share one point of tangency, and many of the recent computer generated results on disk packing take this into account. Gerhard "Ask Me About Circle Packing" Paseman, 2012.10.29 –  Gerhard Paseman Oct 29 '12 at 15:54
What kind of questions are you interested in? –  Igor Rivin Oct 29 '12 at 17:02
@Igor Rivin I was just curious. Since packing problems received huge attention it amazed me that this version was not explicitly studied. But I guess Robert Israel's comment explains why. –  marc Nov 5 '12 at 6:47