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    Kepler Conjecture

    Statement

    The Kepler conjecture, now proved, posited that cubic and hexagonal close packing are the densest possible sphere packings.

    Alternate name

    third part of Hilbert's 18th problem

    History

    formulation date | 1611 (413 years ago) formulator | Johannes Kepler status | proved proof date | 2005 (394 years later) (19 years ago) prover | Thomas Callister Hales

    Classes

    proved conjectures | solved mathematics problems | mathematics theorems

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