Packing 16, 17 or 18 circles in an equilateral triangle

✍ Scribed by J.B.M. Melissen; P.C. Schuur

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 403 KB
• Volume: 145
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0012-365X
• DOI: 10.1016/0012-365x(95)90139-c

✦ Synopsis

We present new, efficient packings for 16, 17 and 18 congruent circles in an equilateral triangle. The results have been found by the use of simulated annealing and a quasi-Newton optimization technique, supplemented with some human intelligence.