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The genie lamp configuration shown seems to have the top two bricks in a position that would have them trivially topple. It leaves me wondering which results in
by ghusbands 10y ago
The genie lamp configuration shown seems to have the top two bricks in a position that would have them trivially topple. It leaves me wondering which results in the article and mentioned paper are actually correct.
- bendykstra 10y agoThe article fails to mention that the genie lamp configuration relies on additional "point weights," which are blocks of zero height and width and non-zero weight. In the figure, those are represented by arrows. http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/22/Robbins/Patterson2.pdf http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/22...
- thenewwazoo 10y agoI'd really like to buy some of those zero-height, zero-width, nonzero-mass blocks!
- SiVal 10y agoYou'll have to wait for the Singularity when they go on sale.