What's the size of smallest cube containing 5 unit cubes? Is there a way to generalize result for 5?
I'm more interested in proving minimality, than actaully calculating the size, though.
What's the size of smallest cube containing 5 unit cubes? Is there a way to generalize result for 5?
I'm more interested in proving minimality, than actaully calculating the size, though.
The generalization may still be an open problem. See Erich Friedman's Cubes in Cubes.
"For all other values of n < 34, the trivial packing is the best known."