His statement that the closest packing gives an increase in density as the size of sphere is decreased appears to be derived from an incorrect conception of what constitutes the closest packing.

What is the most space-efficient way to pack tennis balls or oranges? Mathematicians have studied this “sphere-packing” problem for centuries, but surprisingly little attention has been paid ...

Such transmission of data can generate errors. Exploring sphere-packing in higher dimensions actually has implications for how we detect and correct those errors. But sphere-packing is a hard problem.

"This curiosity led us to explore the finite sphere packing problem through experiments in 3D real space, specifically using colloids in GUVs. By varying the number of particles and the volume of ...

AT the present time when economy of material is so important, the problem of the open packing of spheres possesses ... in which each sphere makes contact with three others, and which shall be ...