Imagine you're putting oranges in a fruit basket. You could just throw them all in randomly, but if you arrange them neatly like they are in a grocery store, you can fit more. That's what we call sphere stacking, finding the best way to pack spheres so no space is wasted.
Examples
- Stacking oranges in a basket
- Arranging marbles on a table
- Packing golf balls in a container
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See also
- What are non-euclidean geometries?
- What are higher dimensions?
- What is Φ (phi)?
- Why Do Numbers Like π Show Up Everywhere?
- What Is The Most Efficient Way To Stack Orbs?