Packing a triangle by equilateral triangles of harmonic sidelengths

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2023.113744MaRDI QIDQ6080241zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Janusz Januszewski, Łukasz Zielonka

Publication date 30 October 2023

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.DISC.2023.113744

zbMATH Keywords

equilateral trianglesperfect packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of tessellation and tiling problems (05B45) Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15)

Review text

We say that planar convex bodies \(C_1, C_2, \dots\) can be packed into a planar convex body \(C\) if it is possible to apply translations and rotations to the bodies \(C_n\) so that the resulting translated and rotated bodies are contained in \(C\) and have mutually disjoint interiors. If the area of \(C\) is equal to the sum of areas of the bodies, then the packing is perfect. In 1966, M. O. J. Moser posed the problem: find the smallest \(\varepsilon \geq 0\) such that the squares of harmonic sidelengths \(1/2, 1/3, 1/4, \dots\) can be packed into a rectangle of area \(\pi^2/6-1+\varepsilon\) (the sum of areas of the squares equals \(\pi^2/6-1\)). The paper is devoted to an analog of this unsolved problem. It is proved that equilateral triangles of sidelengths \(1/3, 1/4, 1/5, \dots\) can be packed into an equilateral triangle of sidelength \((\pi^2/6-5/4)^{1/2}+1/270\).

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