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Finite Packings and Parametric Density

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Statistical Physics and Spatial Statistics

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Finite Packings of circles, spheres or other convex bodies are investigated in various fields. We give a broad survey of planar results based on parametric density, because there is no such survey yet. For —dimensional packings we describe the atomistic approach to Wulff shape for general crystals, i.e. via periodic packings of balls of different size. The corresponding approach for quasicrystals is in the survey by[7].

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  1. Math. Department, Universität Siegen, D-57068, Siegen

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    Klaus R. Mecke

  2. Institut für Stochastik, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 09596, Freiberg, Germany

    Dietrich Stoyan

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Wills, J.M. (2000). Finite Packings and Parametric Density. In: Mecke, K.R., Stoyan, D. (eds) Statistical Physics and Spatial Statistics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 554. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45043-2_12

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