Zentralblatt MATH
Publications of (and about) Paul Erdös
Zbl.No: 324.05018
Autor: Erdös, Paul; Graham, Ronald L.
Title: On packing squares with equal squares. (In English)
Source: J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 19, 119-123 (1975).
Review: Let \alpha be a positive real number. Let N(\alpha) denote the maximum number of nonoverlapping open unit squares that can be packed into a square of side \alpha. By a clever construction it is shown that \alpha 2-N(\alpha) = 0(\alpha 7/11). The authors raise a number of related questions.
Reviewer: W.H.Mills
Classif.: * 05B40 Packing and covering (combinatorics)
52C17 Packing and covering in n dimensions (discrete geometry)
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