A New Take on Classic ‘Pen Problems’

DOI10.1080/07468342.2023.2237843MaRDI QIDQ6091256zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David A. Nash

Publication date 24 November 2023

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.05646

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical analysis (65-XX) Operations research, mathematical programming (90-XX)

Abstract: In this article we generalize the classic "farm pen" optimization problem from a first course in calculus in a handful of different ways. We describe the solution to an $n$-dimensional rectangular variant, and then study the situation when the pens are either regular polygons or platonic solids.

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