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Finite or discrete collections of geometric objects. Packings, tilings, polyhedra, polytopes, intersection, arrangements, rigidity.

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Why do bees create hexagonal cells ? (Mathematical reasons)

Here is a paragraph of THE LIFE OF THE BEE (1901) By Maurice Maeterlinck: "There are only," says Dr. Reid, "three possible figures of the cells which can make them all equal and similar, without any …
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Two questions on "Table problem on $\Bbb S^2$"

The following conjecture is known as "Table problem on $\Bbb S^2$" Conjecture (Table problem on $\Bbb S^2$): Suppose $x_1, x_2,x_3,x_4 \in\Bbb S^2 \subseteq \Bbb R^3$ are the vertices of a squar …
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Distance relation among points in high-dimensional hypercubes

Let $Q_{4n-1}$ be a unit hypercube of dimension $4n-1$. Has the following statement been proven? There are $4n$ vertices in $Q_{4n-1}$ such that the distance between each pair of them is $2\sqrt{ …
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Is Kakutani's Theorem true for the Euclidean plane? [closed]

The following analogue of Kakutani's theorem has been proved by F. J. Dyson (MR44620) Theorem (F. J. Dyson 1951): Let $\Bbb S^2$ be the surface of a sphere with center $Z$ in Euclidean $3$-space …
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