In the order 29 squares, a square of size 1702 has Smallest square = 62Largest Square = 567 That's a ratio of 9.1 --Ed Pegg Jr --- On Tue, 6/4/13, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [math-fun] squared squares To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 8:44 AM I see that Ian Gambini describes a squared square of side 110 in Gambini, Ian A method for cutting squares into distinct squares. Discrete Appl. Math. 98 (1999), no. 1-2, 65–80, with a total of 23 squares whose sides range from s=2 to s=44, for a ratio of 22. --Dan (There's an image of the squared square here: < http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X99001584 >, but it may require a subscription.) On 2013-06-03, at 11:11 PM, Bill Gosper wrote:
http://www.squaring.net/sq/ss/spss/o22/spsso22.pdf has largest/smallest = 30. Is this minimal? What about squared rectangles? --rwg _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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