How to stay away from each other in a spherical universe: 1. Tammes' problem

Bagchi, Bhaskar (1997) How to stay away from each other in a spherical universe: 1. Tammes' problem Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 2 (9). pp. 18-26. ISSN 0971-8044

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Abstract

Mathematics is full of innocent looking problems which, when pursued, soon grow to majestic proportions and begin to impinge upon the frontiers of research. One such problem is the subject of this two-part article - the problem of packing spherical caps on the surface of a sphere.

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