Packing and Covering (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Packaging and covering densities; 2. The existence of reasonably dense packings; 3. The existence of reasonably economical coverings; 4. The existence of reasonably dense lattice packings; 5. The existence of reasonably economical lattice coverings; 6. Packings of simplices cannot be very dense; 8. Coverings with spheres cannot be very economical; Bibliography; Index.