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Every sequence of positive homothetic copies of a planar convex body C whose total area does not exceed a quarter of the area of C can be translatively packed in C.
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Januszewski, J. Translative packing of a convex body by sequences of its positive homothetic copies. Acta Math Hung 117, 349–360 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-007-6121-7
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