Geometry & Packing · 5 problems

Open problems in Geometry & Packing

Every Geometry & Packing problem in the Math Lab index — 5 in all. Each carries a precise statement, an honest status (open means open), and a concrete plan for throwing compute or tokens at it.

Borsuk's problem in low dimensionsGeometry & Packinguntouched

Can every bounded set of diameter 1 in R^d be partitioned into d + 1 pieces of strictly smaller diameter?

Hadamard's maximal determinant problemGeometry & Packinguntouched

What is the largest possible determinant of an n×n matrix with entries ±1? Hadamard's bound n^(n/2) is attained only at Hadamard orders; other orders are subtler.

Kissing numbers in higher dimensionsGeometry & Packinguntouched

How many unit spheres can simultaneously touch a central unit sphere in dimension d without overlapping?

Square packing in a squareGeometry & Packinguntouched

Find the smallest square that contains n unit squares without overlap. Tilted packings beat axis-aligned ones surprisingly early.

Tammes problemGeometry & Packinguntouched

Place n points on a sphere maximizing the minimum pairwise distance. Find and certify the optimal configurations.

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