Simple paradoxical replications of sets
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Simple paradoxical replications of sets
zbMATH Open document ID: 0980.28002
published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry
publication date: 2001-03-20T00:00:00Z
review text: Equidecomposition of \(A\) and \(kA\), the latter standing for \(k\) replicas of \(A\), is given if there are partitions \((A_1,\dots,A_n)\), \((B^1_1,\dots,B^1_{r_1})\),\dots, \((B^k_1,\dots,B^k_{r_k})\) of \(A\) such that \(A_{r_1+\dots+r_l+s}\) can be mapped isometrically onto \(B^{l+1}_s\). The smallest \(n\), for which such decompositions exist, is denoted by \(\text{deg}(A,kA)\). From Theorems 4.5 and 4.7 of \textit{S. Wagon} [``The Banach-Tarski paradox'' (1986; Zbl 0569.43001)] the introduced quantity \(\text{deg}(A,kA)\) is computed for \(A\) standing for the spheres or balls in \(\mathbb R^3\). Further, the upper estimate \(\text{deg}(A,kA)\leq 32k+1\) is obtained for bounded convex bodies in \(\mathbb R^3\). For convex bodies with additional properties better estimates are derived. In particular, \(\text{deg}(A,kA)\leq 8k-3\) if \(A\) is a cube in \(\mathbb R^3\).
reviewed by: Petr Holický
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 28A75
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51M25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 26B15
zbMATH DE Number: 1556172
zbMATH Keywords: paradoxical decomposition
zbMATH Keywords: equidecomposition
zbMATH Keywords: convex bodies
author: Christian Richter
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: s004540010077
OpenAlex ID: W2000478469
DOI: 10.1007/S004540010077
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