Abstract
Under certain circumstances it is possible to fit rectangles of size m × n into a larger rectangle of size p × q so that they fit exactly. When this is not the case the minimum wastage should be determined. A number of results are in the literature. We discuss the case where m=2. The terms n, p, q are, of course, natural numbers.
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Richard A. Brualdi and Thomas H. Foregger, "Packing boxes with harmonic bricks", J. Comb. Th. (B) 17 (1974), 81–114.
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Holton, D.A., Rickard, J.A. (1978). Brick packing. In: Holton, D.A., Seberry, J. (eds) Combinatorial Mathematics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 686. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0062530
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