Covering a rectangle with isosceles right triangles

DOI10.1007/S00022-025-00784-3MaRDI QIDQ6879214zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Janusz Januszewski, Łukasz Zielonka

Publication date 2 January 2026

Published in Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00022-025-00784-3

zbMATH Keywords

areapackingrectanglerght isosceles triangle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15)

Review text

The authors show that a rectangle of sides \(a\) and \(b\) can be covered with right isosceles triangles provided the total area of these triangles is at least \(\frac{1}{2}(a+b)^2\) provided \(b \leq a \leq \sqrt2 b\), and \(\frac{1}{4}(a+2b)^2\) for \(a > \sqrt2 b\). The proof is based on Theorem 7 of the paper by \textit{J. W. Moon} and \textit{L. Moser} [Colloq. Math. 17, 103--110 (1967; Zbl 0152.39502)].

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