On a square packing conjecture of Erdős
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| author | Singh, Anshul Raj |
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| contents | Let $f(n)$ be the maximum sum of the sides of non-overlapping squares (or equilateral triangles) packed inside a unit square or (unit equilateral triangle). In this paper, we explore some properties of $f$ and examine how the square and triangle cases are similar. We prove that a conjecture of Erdős, which says that $f(k^2+1) = k$ for all $k$, is equivalent to the convergence of the series $\sum_{k\geqslant 1}(f(k^2+1)-k)$. We also explore the case of parallelograms and discuss how that is similar to the case of unit square and triangle. |
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| institution | arXiv |
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| spellingShingle | On a square packing conjecture of Erdős Singh, Anshul Raj Combinatorics Metric Geometry Let $f(n)$ be the maximum sum of the sides of non-overlapping squares (or equilateral triangles) packed inside a unit square or (unit equilateral triangle). In this paper, we explore some properties of $f$ and examine how the square and triangle cases are similar. We prove that a conjecture of Erdős, which says that $f(k^2+1) = k$ for all $k$, is equivalent to the convergence of the series $\sum_{k\geqslant 1}(f(k^2+1)-k)$. We also explore the case of parallelograms and discuss how that is similar to the case of unit square and triangle. |
| title | On a square packing conjecture of Erdős |
| topic | Combinatorics Metric Geometry |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22163 |