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The disk-packing constant

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    David W. Boyd

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This work was supported in part by N.S.F. grant G.P.-14133.

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Boyd, D.W. The disk-packing constant. Aeq. Math. 7, 182–193 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01818512

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