Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Are computers better at packing oranges?

Comments

  • #2
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    this seems a bit odd to me, because when I studied condensed matter, we started off by examining the various crystalline structures, and packing densities. We were asked to prove that the packing density for spheres is 0.76 in the haxagonal formation. An example of such an arrangement in real life is the pyramidal arrangemets for oranges etc used in greengrocers.


  • #3
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Why does that make it seem odd?


  • #4
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    It just seems to me like a case of re-inventing the wheel!


  • #5
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    They haven't invented anything, just proved that it's most efficient.


  • #6
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Wasn't Keplers problem solved in 1991 by a Berkely maths researcher names Hsiang?

    [edit]
    Haha, it was, but Hales wouldn't accept the proof...and funnily, years late after going out of his way to discredit Hsiang he now published his own proof.

    Gotta love the science community....


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    carl_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭carl_


    i remember hearing somewhere that Hsiang was a bull**** artíste, that his supposed proof had many holes that he wouldnt even acknowledge (or something)


Advertisement