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prane
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If we have a unit circle within a square s.t. the square touches the circle in 4 places then the biggest gap we can find is just √2 - 1.
Doing a similar thing with a sphere in a cube we get √3 - 1
I've heard the n-dimensional analogue is √n - 1. Which is crazy as it means the gap is bigger than the radius of the sphere! (When n is greater than 4).
Anyway, how is such a thing proven?
Doing a similar thing with a sphere in a cube we get √3 - 1
I've heard the n-dimensional analogue is √n - 1. Which is crazy as it means the gap is bigger than the radius of the sphere! (When n is greater than 4).
Anyway, how is such a thing proven?