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How many circles disks with radius 1/2 are needed to cover a circle disk with radius 1? It certainly cannot be done with less than 5 small circlesdisks, and some non-rigorous drawings of mine suggest it can be done with 7 small circlesdisks. Can it be done with less? Slightly more generally, can anybody point me in the direction of any work on covering bounded bodies with circlesdisks? Am i right in thinking that covering circles disks with smaller circles disks is the most inefficient kind of covering?
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covering circles with smaller circlesHow many circles with radius 1/2 are needed to cover a circle with radius 1? It certainly cannot be done with less than 5 small circles, and some non-rigorous drawings of mine suggest it can be done with 7 small circles. Can it be done with less? Slightly more generally, can anybody point me in the direction of any work on covering bounded bodies with circles? Am i right in thinking that covering circles with smaller circles is the most inefficient kind of covering?
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