On extremal finite packings

Discrete and Computational Geometry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 389-403

  Schürmann, Achill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0036026072     PISSN: 01795376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00454-002-0747-6     Document Type: Article

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