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praptak
on May 26, 2013
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How far can you overhang blocks?
It is an old problem. I think it's in the classic "Concrete Mathematics" by Graham, Knuth, Patashnik but I doubt it's the original source.
jjoonathan
on May 26, 2013
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Yeah, I had it in my undergrad intro to mechanics textbook. Still a great problem!
dalke
on May 27, 2013
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I think it was in Halliday and Resnick. I remember doing it in my high school physics class. We used the 3rd edition of that book, which was from 1979.
wtallis
on May 27, 2013
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I've found it in both the second edition and the seventh, both asking for just the 4-block case.
dalke
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Nice research!
Then that means my memory is wrong. Fallible is the mind. :)
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