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Re:Packing Geometric Shapes by activatedgeek on Friday March 17, 2023 @11:43PM (#35205834)
What are some examples of efficient packing results that led to or inspired practical solutions?
Re:Packing Geometric Shapes by martyvis on Friday March 17, 2023 @11:52PM (#35205886)
One I can think of is circles-in-circles where you are bundling wires or optical fibre cores into cables. (And probably for tensile cables used in bridges and so on)
Re:Packing Geometric Shapes by navium on Saturday March 18, 2023 @01:42AM (#35206462)
Bin packing everywhere! Truck loading?

Minimizing maximum to minimum ratio for structural stability.

Re:Packing Geometric Shapes by cycomanic on Saturday March 18, 2023 @02:39AM (#35206732)
Communications theory is largely about how to pack circles/spheres efficiently in multiple dimensions. So arguably pretty much all of the modern society is based on efficient packing.