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This article presents a class of convex bodies inE d (d≥3) where their maximum kissing numbers in translative packings are larger than their maximum kissing numbers in lattice packings.
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Zong, C. An example concerning the translative kissing number of a convex body. Discrete Comput Geom 12, 183–188 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02574374
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