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Perfectly packing a cube by cubes of nearly harmonic sidelength

Metric Geometry 2023-02-20 v3

Abstract

Let dd be an integer greater than 11, and let tt be fixed such that 1d<t<1d1\frac{1}{d} < t < \frac{1}{d-1}. We prove that for any n0n_0 chosen sufficiently large depending upon tt, the dd-dimensional cubes of sidelength ntn^{-t} for nn0n \geq n_0 can perfectly pack a cube of volume n=n01ndt\sum_{n=n_0}^\infty \frac{1}{n^{dt}}. Our work improves upon a previously known result in the three-dimensional case for when 1/3<t4/111/3 < t \leq 4/11 and n0=1n_0 = 1 and builds upon recent work of Terence Tao in the two-dimensional case.

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@article{arxiv.2204.06038,
  title  = {Perfectly packing a cube by cubes of nearly harmonic sidelength},
  author = {Rory McClenagan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.06038},
  year   = {2023}
}