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Who proved the highest density achievable by a lattice packing of equal spheres?
ACarl Friedrich Gauss
BMichael Faraday
CMax Karl Planck
DAlbert Einstein
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gauss showed the best lattice packing density is pi over three root two, about 0.74.
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