The honeycomb conjecture

Discrete and Computational Geometry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-22

  Hales, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0035584894     PISSN: 01795376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004540010071     Document Type: Article

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