- century ▁Hung arian ▁ge ometer , ▁considered ▁the ▁Vor ono i ▁decomposition ▁of ▁any ▁given ▁pack ing ▁of ▁unit ▁spher es . ▁He ▁conject ured ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁that ▁the ▁minimal ▁volume ▁of ▁any ▁cell ▁in ▁the ▁resulting ▁Vor ono i ▁decomposition ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁as ▁large ▁as ▁the ▁volume ▁of ▁a ▁regular ▁d ode c ah ed ron ▁circ ums cribed ▁to ▁a ▁unit ▁sphere . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Call ister ▁H ales ▁and ▁Se an ▁Mc L augh lin ▁proved ▁the ▁conject ure ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁following ▁the ▁same ▁strategy ▁that ▁led ▁H ales ▁to ▁his ▁proof ▁of ▁the ▁Ke pler ▁conject ure . ▁The ▁proofs ▁rely ▁on ▁extensive ▁comput ations . ▁Mc L augh lin ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Morgan ▁Prize ▁for ▁his ▁contribution ▁to ▁this ▁proof . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Con ject ures ▁Category : The or ems ▁in ▁geometry ▁Category : Con ject ures ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁proved <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁Frank ▁Buck ley ▁Sr . ▁( J uly ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁– ▁October ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 5 8 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁lawyer ▁and ▁oil ▁developer . ▁He ▁became ▁influ ential ▁in ▁Mexican ▁politics ▁during ▁the ▁military ▁dict ator ship ▁of ▁Victor iano ▁Hu erta ▁but ▁was ▁later ▁exp elled ▁when ▁Ál var o ▁O bre g ón ▁became ▁president . ▁He ▁became ▁wealth y ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁interests ▁in ▁oil ▁expl oration ▁and ▁spec