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kissing number problem

problem of determining the maximum number of non-overlapping spheres that can be simultaneously tangent to another sphere of the same size
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kissing number problem

Summary

kissing number problem is a mathematical problem[1]. It draws 194 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_problem category, ranking #27 of 128).[2]

Key Facts

  • kissing number problem's instance of is recorded as mathematical problem[3].
  • Isaac Newton is named after kissing number problem[4].
  • kissing number problem's Commons category is recorded as Kissing number problem[5].
  • kissing number problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024s4k[6].
  • kissing number problem's MathWorld ID is recorded as KissingNumber[7].
  • kissing number problem's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].
  • kissing number problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 67297599[9].

Why It Matters

kissing number problem draws 194 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_problem category, ranking #27 of 128).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kissing-number-problem_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kissing number problem}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kissing-number-problem}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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