Sorry, Ed, I don't know the puzzle you mentioned. But here's another one, for anyone who might be interested: How many boxes, each measuring 7 inches x 11 inches x 13 inches, can be packed into a crate measuring 4 feet x 5 feet x 6 feet? David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Pegg Jr" <ed@mathpuzzle.com> To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 16:23 Subject: [math-fun] History of packing 27 cuboids into a cube.
I have a puzzle by Tom Lensch. 27 AxBxC cuboids, to pack into a cube of side A+B+C. I know I've seen this puzzle written up somewhere, but I can't remember where, now.
I want to add the history to a interactive demonstration I made for the problem: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BoxPacking/
--Ed Pegg Jr