----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BRIN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:06 AM Subject: A puzzle
> You have an infinite supply of cigarettes. You arrange N number of > cigarettes so that every cigarette touches every other cigarette; what > is the maximum possible N? > > ASSUMPTIONS: Cigarettes are 3 dimensional objects and have finite > size in every dimension; further, assume cigarettes are perfect right > cylinders of exact same size to an atomic level. You can assume the > cigarettes are "sticky" and will stay exactly where you put them. For > a cigarette to "touch" another, at least one atom has to be in direct > contact with one atom of the other cigarette, so for example, you can > NOT lay 4 cigarette's down flat on the table in a + (plus/cross) sign > Set the blender for puree? xponent Mixmaster Maru rob
