Alternating-radius square circle packing
ID: alternating-radius-square-circle-packing
Place equal numbers of radii on alternating sites of a square nearest-neighbour lattice of spacing . Nonoverlap requires . A two-circle cell has area , giving the displayed packing fraction. Its maximum within this geometry occurs at large-to-small radius ratio and is ; smaller interstitial circles leave unused space, while larger ones force the large-circle lattice apart.
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