The local optimality of the double lattice packing

Authors: Yoav Kallus and Wöden Kusner
Journal: Discrete & Computational Geometry, 562449-471, 2016.
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Abstract:

This paper introduces a new technique for proving the local optimality of packing configurations of Euclidean space. Applying this technique to a general convex polygon, we prove that under mild assumptions satisfied generically, the construction of the optimal double lattice packing by Kuperberg and Kuperberg is also locally optimal in the full space of packings.