Forum of Mathematics, Pi (Jan 2017)

A FORMAL PROOF OF THE KEPLER CONJECTURE

  • THOMAS HALES,
  • MARK ADAMS,
  • GERTRUD BAUER,
  • TAT DAT DANG,
  • JOHN HARRISON,
  • LE TRUONG HOANG,
  • CEZARY KALISZYK,
  • VICTOR MAGRON,
  • SEAN MCLAUGHLIN,
  • TAT THANG NGUYEN,
  • QUANG TRUONG NGUYEN,
  • TOBIAS NIPKOW,
  • STEVEN OBUA,
  • JOSEPH PLESO,
  • JASON RUTE,
  • ALEXEY SOLOVYEV,
  • THI HOAI AN TA,
  • NAM TRUNG TRAN,
  • THI DIEP TRIEU,
  • JOSEF URBAN,
  • KY VU,
  • ROLAND ZUMKELLER

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/fmp.2017.1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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This article describes a formal proof of the Kepler conjecture on dense sphere packings in a combination of the HOL Light and Isabelle proof assistants. This paper constitutes the official published account of the now completed Flyspeck project.

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