How many coins can touch one coin, or how many basketballs can "kiss" one basketball at the same time? This seemingly playful question lies at the heart of the famous kissing number problem, a ...
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Breaking a 20 year drought, a researcher found three new bounds for the famous mathematical ‘kissing number’ dilemma –– and AI managed to find just one. How many coins can touch one coin, or how many ...