Circle packing in a circle
Circle packing in a circle is a two-dimensional packing problem with the objective of packing unit circles into the smallest possible larger circle. Table of Solutions, 1 ≤ n ≤ 20. If more than one equivalent solution exists, all are shown. Special Cases. Only 26 optimal packings are thought to be rigid (with no circles able to "rattle"). Numbers in bold are prime: Of these, solutions for n = 2, 3, 4, 7, 19, and 37 achieve a packing density greater than any smaller number > 1. (Higher density records all have rattles.) Circle