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then the question is,the larger radius D,the small radius d,get the largest number of small circle put in the larger?

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    See [this](http://www.jstor.org/pss/2688509) and [this](http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/cirincir/).2012-01-05
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    See also [Circle packing in a circle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_packing_in_a_circle).2012-01-05
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    I believe this is still an open problem.2015-04-24

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The answer can be closely approximated by this equation:

Number of Circles $= 0.83\frac{R_2^2}{r_1^2} - 1.9$ (rounded down to whole number)

where: $R_2$ = radius of larger circle $r_1$ = radius of smaller circle

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    I made some edits to the typesetting. Please check that I've left the meaning the same.2012-12-17
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    I'm skeptical of the result particularly for $R\gg r$; at that point you should be able to get arbitrarily close to the $\pi/\sqrt{12}\approx 0.9$ density of the full planar packing, minus some boundary effects that can't be any larger than $O(\frac{R}{r})$.2013-05-03