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Introduction to the Flyspeck Project

@inproceedings{Hales2005IntroductionTT,
  title={Introduction to the Flyspeck Project},
  author={Thomas C. Hales},
  booktitle={Mathematics, Algorithms, Proofs},
  year={2005}
}
  • T. Hales
  • Published in
    Mathematics, Algorithms…
     2005
  • Computer Science, Mathematics
This article gives an introduction to a long-term project called Flyspeck, whose purpose is to give a formal verification of the Kepler Conjecture. The Kepler Conjecture asserts that the density of a packing of equal radius balls in three dimensions cannot exceed $pi/sqrt{18}$. The original proof of the Kepler Conjecture, from 1998, relies extensively on computer calculations. Because the proof relies on relatively few external results, it is a natural choice for a formalization effort. 
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