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Packing an upwards equilateral triangle efficiently by downwards equilateral triangles

Consider the problem of packing an upwards-pointing unit equilateral triangle "efficiently" by downwards-pointing equilateral triangles, where "efficiently" means that there is ...
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Another variant of the Malfatti problem

We try to add to A Variant of the Malfatti Problem As stated in the Wikipedia entry on Malfatti circles, it is an open problem to decide, given a number $n$ and any triangle, whether a greedy method ...
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