The Raspberries in Three Dimensions with at Most Two Sizes of Berry

Abstract In three dimensional Euclidean space, a raspberry is defined to be an arrangement of spheres with pairwise disjoint interiors, so that all spheres are tangent to a central unit sphere and is such that the contact graph of the non-central spheres triangulate the central sphere. We discuss the relevance of these structures in other work. We present a catalog of all configurations of radii that permit the formation of raspberries that have at most two sizes of non-central spheres. Throughout we discuss the construction of this catalog.

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Discrete & Computational Geometry
Published
2026-06-29
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-026-00821-1
Primary Topic
Horticultural and Viticultural Research
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The Raspberries in Three Dimensions with at Most Two Sizes of Berry

Miek Messerschmidt
Discrete & Computational Geometry
Horticultural and Viticultural Research
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The Raspberries in Three Dimensions with at Most Two Sizes of Berry

Miek Messerschmidt
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Abstract

Abstract In three dimensional Euclidean space, a raspberry is defined to be an arrangement of spheres with pairwise disjoint interiors, so that all spheres are tangent to a central unit sphere and is such that the contact graph of the non-central spheres triangulate the central sphere. We discuss the relevance of these structures in other work. We present a catalog of all configurations of radii that permit the formation of raspberries that have at most two sizes of non-central spheres. Throughout we discuss the construction of this catalog.

Discrete & Computational Geometry
University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 100%
Horticultural and Viticultural Research
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