The moving sofa problem, which deals with the math of how shapes can fit around corners, may have been solved by a Korean mathematician. UC Davis mathematician Dan Romik has made a study of the ...
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Who is Jineon Baek? The 31-year-old who solved the 60-year moving sofa puzzle without computers
Imagine wrestling a bulky sofa around a right-angled hallway bend, yelling "pivot!" like in that famous ‘Friends’ episode. This reference clearly helps us relate to sofa shifting problems, where ...
The movement of a moving sofa in the perspective of hallway (top) and sofa (bottom). Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.19826 A mathematician at Yonsei University, in Korea, claims to have ...
What is the largest sofa that you can squeeze around the corner of a hallway? A horseshoe-shaped piece of furniture known as Gerver’s sofa has officially taken the crown, solving a mathematical ...
In a scene from the classic sitcom, "Friends," the characters Ross, Rachel and Chandler struggle to heft a new couch up the stairs of their apartment building. As they try to get the sofa around the ...
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