Overhang
Authors: Paterson, Mike; Zwick, Uri
Source: American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 116, Number 1, January 2009 , pp. 19-44(26)
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
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Abstract:
How far off the edge of a table can we reach by stacking n identical, homogeneous, frictionless blocks? A classical solution achieving a logarithmic overhang was widely believed to be optimal. We show, however, that this classical solution is exponentially far from optimality.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.4169/193009709X469797
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