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The Problem of the Thirteen Spheres

John Leech

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Published: Feb 1, 1956

DOI: 10.2307/3610264

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It was conjectured by David Gregory that a sphere can touch thirteen non-overlapping spheres equal to it. In a recent paper proofs have been given that this in fact is impossible. In the present paper I outline an independent proof of this impossibility, certain details which are tedious rather than difficult being omitted.

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