Mathematical entertainments

@article{Gale1995MathematicalE,
  title={Mathematical entertainments},
  author={David Gale and Sherman K. Stein},
  journal={The Mathematical Intelligencer},
  year={1995},
  volume={17},
  pages={37-39}
}
  • D. Gale, S. Stein
  • Published 1 March 1995
  • Mathematics
  • The Mathematical Intelligencer
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Reflections about a Single Checksum
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Packing tripods: Narrowing the density gap
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  • Computer Science
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Mathematics: What is the best way to lace your shoes?
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It is demonstrated mathematically that the shortest lacing is neither 'criss-cross' or 'straight' lacing, but instead is a rarely used and unexpected type of lacing known as 'bowtie' laces.
Tripods Do Not Pack Densely
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The second question in the negative is settled: the fraction of the space that can be filled with tripods of a growing size must be infinitely small.

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One of the "error spheres" discussed by Golomb in 1969, his "Stein corner" in three-dimensional Euclidean space R3 is concerned, and sufficiently dense packings are produced to show that they are much denser than the densest lattice packing.