research article
Decomposition of a Cube into Nearly Equal Smaller Cubes
Frankl, Peter
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Meir, Amram
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Pach, Janos
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.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000417982100001
Author(s)
Frankl, Peter
Meir, Amram
Pach, Janos
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Published in
Volume
124
Issue
10
Start page
895
End page
904
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
January 15, 2018
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