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A family of axis-aligned boxes in $\er^d$ is \emph{$k$-neighborly} if the intersection of every two of them has dimension at least $d-k$ and at most $d-1$. Let $n(k,d)$ denote the maximum size of such a family. It is known that $n(k,d)$ can…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-06 Noga Alon , Jarosław Grytczuk , Andrzej P. Kisielewicz , Krzysztof Przesławski

We consider partitions of n-dimensional boxes in R^n, n>1, into a finite number of boxes with pairwise disjoint interiors. We study sets X \subseteq (0,\infty) with the Property (W_n): for every n-dimensional box P and every partition of P,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Apoloniusz Tyszka

By using random multilinear maps, we provide new lower bounds for the Erd\H{o}s box problem, the problem of estimating the extremal number of the complete $d$-partite $d$-uniform hypergraph with two vertices in each part, thereby improving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-28 David Conlon , Cosmin Pohoata , Dmitriy Zakharov

We explore an instance of the question of partitioning a polygon into pieces, each of which is as ``circular'' as possible, in the sense of having an aspect ratio close to 1. The aspect ratio of a polygon is the ratio of the diameters of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Mirela Damian , Joseph O'Rourke

Given an integer $d \geq 2$, $s \in (0,1]$, and $t \in [0,2(d-1)]$, suppose a set $X$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ has the following property: there is a collection of lines of packing dimension $t$ such that every line from the collection intersects…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-09-23 Jonathan M. Fraser

Families of boxes in $\mathbb R^d$ are considered. In the paper an upper bound on the size of a minimum transversal in terms of the space dimension and the independence number of the given family was improved.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-10-21 Arseny Akopyan

Borsuk conjectured that every n-dimensional bounded set of positive diameter can be partitioned into n+1 sets of smaller diameters. This conjecture was proved for n=2 by Borsuk, for n=3 first by Eggleston, and disproved for n > 297 by…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-08-12 Zsolt Langi

Quantitative estimates related to the classical Borsuk problem of splitting set in Euclidean space into subsets of smaller diameter are considered. For a given $k$ there is a minimal diameter of subsets at which there exists a covering with…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-25 Alexander Tolmachev , Dmitry Protasov , Vsevolod Voronov

Using a calculus of variations approach, we determine the shape of a typical plane partition in a large box (i.e., a plane partition chosen at random according to the uniform distribution on all plane partitions whose solid Young diagrams…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Henry Cohn , Michael Larsen , James Propp

The Bin Packing Problem involves efficiently packing items into a limited number of bins without exceeding their capacity. In this paper, we try to answer a specific question in this field. Mathematically the combinatorial optimization…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-08-25 Angshuman Robin Goswami

We make progress on a conjecture made by [DM], which states that the $d$-dimensional frames of $m$-dimensional boxes resulting from a fragmentation process satisfy Benford's law for all $1 \leq d \leq m$. We provide a sufficient condition…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Livia Betti , Irfan Durmić , Zoe McDonald , Jack B. Miller , Steven J. Miller

Denote by Q_d the d-dimensional hypercube. Addressing a recent question we estimate the number of ways the vertex set of Q_d can be partitioned into vertex disjoint smaller cubes. Among other results, we prove that the asymptotic order of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Noga Alon , Jozsef Balogh , Vladimir N. Potapov

Given integer $n > 0$ and $m > 1$, we call a partition of set $[n] = \{1, \dots, n\}$ {\em $m$-good} if each of the partitioning sets is of size at most $m$ and the sum of numbers in it is a power of $m$, that is, $m^t$ for some $t \geq 0$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Vladimir Gurvich , Mariya Naumova

A combinatorial theorem on families of disjoint sub-boxes of a discrete cube, which implies that there at most $2^{d+1}-2$ neighbourly simplices in $\mathbb R^d$, is presented.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-18 Andrzej P. Kisielewicz , Krzysztof Przesławski

Let $P_{d}(n)$ denote the number of $n \times \ldots \times n$ $d$-dimensional partitions with entries from $\left\{0,1,\ldots,n\right\}$. Building upon the works of Balogh-Treglown-Wagner and Noel-Scott-Sudakov, we show that when $d \to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Cosmin Pohoata , Dmitriy Zakharov

The lattice of partitions of a set and its d-divisible generalization have been much studied for their combinatorial, topological, and representation-theoretic properties. An ordered set partition is a set partition where the subsets are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Bruce E Sagan , Sheila Sundaram

The Mondrian problem consists of dissecting a square of side length $n\in \NN$ into non-congruent rectangles with natural length sides such that the difference $d(n)$ between the largest and the smallest areas of the rectangles partitioning…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-21 C. Dalfó , M. A. Fiol , N. López

We revisit the following problem (along with its higher dimensional variant): Given a set $S$ of $n$ points inside an axis-parallel rectangle $U$ in the plane, find a maximum-area axis-parallel sub-rectangle that is contained in $U$ but…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-17 Adrian Dumitrescu , Minghui Jiang

We answer a problem posed recently by Knuth: an n-dimensional box, with edges lying on the positive coordinate axes and generic edge lengths W_1 < W_2 < ... < W_n, is dissected into n! pieces along the planes x_i = x_j. We describe which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-04-26 Benjamin Young

We study the problem of partitioning a polygon into the minimum number of subpolygons using cuts in predetermined directions such that each resulting subpolygon satisfies a given width constraint. A polygon satisfies the unit-width…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Jaehoon Chung , Kazuo Iwama , Chung-Shou Liao , Hee-Kap Ahn