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In this note the kissing numbers of octahedra, rhombic dodecahedra and elongated octahedra are determined. In high dimensions, an exponential lower bound for the kissing numbers of superballs is achieved.
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Received December 24, 1996, and in revised form October 7, 1997.
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Larman, D., Zong, C. On the Kissing Numbers of Some Special Convex Bodies . Discrete Comput Geom 21, 233–242 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00009418
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