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Perfectly packing a cube by cubes of nearly harmonic sidelength
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2023
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Let d be an integer greater than $1$, and let t be fixed such that $\frac {1}{d} < t < \frac {1}{d-1}$. We prove that for any $n_0$ chosen sufficiently large depending on t, the d-dimensional cubes of sidelength $n^{-t}$ for $n \geq n_0$ can perfectly pack a cube of volume $\sum _{n=n_0}^{\infty } \frac {1}{n^{dt}}$. Our work improves upon a previously known result in the three-dimensional case for when $\frac {1}{3} < t \leq \frac {4}{11} $ and $n_0 = 1$ and builds upon recent work of Terence Tao in the two-dimensional case.
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- © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Canadian Mathematical Society
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Research of the author is partially supported by NSERC CGS-M.
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