[math-fun] Packing circles into a finite rectangle
18 May
2005
18 May
'05
11:20 a.m.
If you have circles of radii 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, ..., 1/n for all n >= 1, then their total area is finite, although the sum of their radii is infinite. Can one fit these circles into a finite-sized rectangle? Bob Baillie
18 May
18 May
11:39 a.m.
If you have circles of radii 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, ..., 1/n for all n >= 1, then their total area is finite, although the sum of their radii is infinite.
Can one fit these circles into a finite-sized rectangle?
yes, they will fit inside a 1 x (11/6) rectangle for example. put each circle inside a square, and then pack the squares like this: http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/harmonic/ erich
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