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SMALLEY1 has recently proposed the problem of determining the density of O-spheres distributed randomly on a line and has given some Monte Carlo estimates. In this communication I largely solve this problem, so far as the expectation of the density is concerned.
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Smalley, I. J., Nature, 194, 1271 (1962).
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GRIFFITH, J. Packing of Equal O-Spheres. Nature 196, 764–765 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196764a0
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