How far can you overhang blocks?

Re:How far can you overhang blocks? by praptak on Sunday May 26, 2013 @04:52PM (#5772387)

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.

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Re:How far can you overhang blocks? by jjoonathan on Sunday May 26, 2013 @05:15PM (#5772465)

Yeah, I had it in my undergrad intro to mechanics textbook. Still a great problem!

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Re:How far can you overhang blocks? by dalke on Sunday May 26, 2013 @09:23PM (#5773031)

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.

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Re:How far can you overhang blocks? by wtallis on Monday May 27, 2013 @03:11AM (#5773757)

I've found it in both the second edition and the seventh, both asking for just the 4-block case.

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Re:How far can you overhang blocks? by dalke on Monday May 27, 2013 @07:09AM (#5774203)

Nice research!

Then that means my memory is wrong. Fallible is the mind. :)

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