2 papers
math.MG2017
The Isostatic Conjecture
Robert Connelly, Steven J. Gortler, Evan Solomonides +1
We show that a jammed packing of disks with generic radii, in a generic container, is such that the minimal number of contacts occurs and there is only one dimension of equilibrium…
physics.pop-ph2016
A Probabilistic Analysis of the Fermi Paradox
Evan Solomonides, Yervant Terzian
The fermi paradox uses an appeal to the mediocrity principle to make it seem counter-intuitive that humanity has not been contacted by extraterrestrial intelligence. A numerical, s…