New Approaches to Circle Packing in a Square: With Program Codes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780387456737)

This book summarizes results achieved in solving the circle packing problem over the past few years, providing the reader with a comprehensive view of both theoretical and computational achievements. Typical illustrations of problem solutions are shown, elegantly displaying the results obtained. Beyond the theoretically challenging character of the problem, the solution methods developed in the book also have many practical applications. Since the codes can be worked with directly, they will enable the reader to improve on them and solve problem instances that still remain challenging.