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On the density of unit balls touching a unit cylinder

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  1. László Szabó

    Present address: Department of Geometry, Eötvös Loránd University, 1088, Budapest, Rákóczi út 5, Hungary

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    Szabó, L. On the density of unit balls touching a unit cylinder. Arch. Math 64, 459–464 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197225

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