Talk:Block-stacking problem

New solution published in blog?
There has been some discussion about watching this blog entry about the book stacking problem. Please share your thoughts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Magicheader (talk • contribs) 09:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


 * That blog entry is mistaken. The Harmonic number solution to this problem has nothing to do with whether or not the upper blocks are still partially over the table, but rather where the center of mass of the blocks are. And if you solve for the location of the center of mass of a stack of n blocks, you find that the given answer of $$H_n/2$$ is indeed optimal (for the one block per row version of the problem). 2620:101:F000:700:8000:0:6BA:6D0B (talk) 16:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Blocks are identical?
The problem statement should mention that the blocks are identical Shcha (talk) 02:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)