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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ACitrus_fruits.jpg">thumb</a>In <a href="page.php?w=geometry">geometry</a>, <b>circle packing</b> is the study of the arrangement of circles (of equal or varying sizes) on a given surface such that no overlapping occurs and so that no circle can be enlarged without creating an overlap. The associated <a href="page.php?w=packing_density">packing density</a>, , of an arrangement is the proportion of the surface covered by the circles. Generalisations can be made to higher dimensions &ndash; this is called <a href="page.php?w=sphere_packing">sphere packing</a>,</p><p>
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