OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Largest overhang off an edge achievable with four unit-length bricks.
Corresponding values for one, two and three bricks are 1/2, 3/4 and 1 respectively.
LINKS
S. Ainley, Finely Balanced, The Mathematical Gazette, 63 (1979), p. 272.
M. Paterson and U. Zwick, Overhang, arXiv:0710.2357 [math.HO], 2007.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Book Stacking Problem
EXAMPLE
1.1678932188134524755991556378951...
MATHEMATICA
First@ RealDigits@ N[(15 - 4 Sqrt[2])/8, 102]
PROG
(PARI) (15-4*sqrt(2))/8
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Jeremy Tan, Sep 12 2020
STATUS
approved