Jamie Davison wrote:
> 
> Assuming        a) a perfect tetrahedral setup with 30 layers and
>                 b) I can count (not necessarily a good bet)
> 
> Then I would hazard a guess at 4960 small spheres and one big one, and
> possibly a sky_sphere too :)

Wrong.

The mistake you are making is assuming the bottom front line you see is
the bottom line of balls of the original tetraeder - it isn't because the
whole thing is falling.

In fact there are 5985 spheres.

Christoph

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