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Decomposition of a Cube into Nearly Equal Smaller Cubes

Frankl, Peter
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Meir, Amram
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Pach, Janos
2017
American Mathematical Monthly

Let d be a fixed positive integer and let epsilon > 0. It is shown that for every sufficiently large n >= n(0)( d, e), the d-dimensional unit cube can be decomposed into exactly n smaller cubes such that the ratio of the side length of the largest cube to the side length of the smallest one is at most 1 +epsilon. Moreover, for every n >= n(0), there is a decomposition with the required properties, using cubes of at most d + 2 different side lengths. If we drop the condition that the side lengths of the cubes must be roughly equal, it is sufficient to use cubes of three different sizes.

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DOI
10.4169/amer.math.monthly.124.10.895
Web of Science ID

WOS:000417982100001

Author(s)
Frankl, Peter
Meir, Amram
Pach, Janos
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Mathematical Assoc Amer

Published in
American Mathematical Monthly
Volume

124

Issue

10

Start page

895

End page

904

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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January 15, 2018
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