On filling space with different integer cubes

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(84)90007-4MaRDI QIDQ788733zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Robert Dawson

Publication date 1984

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(84)90007-4

zbMATH Keywords

3-space-filling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)

Review text

The author proves that Euclidean 3-space cannot be filled with cubes such that neighboring cubes have different lengths. This settles on old question asked by \textit{D. E. Daykin} [Space filling with unequal cubes, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 70, 340-341 (1964)]. A fine achievemnt!.

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