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The Maths of Sorting Things Out

Professor John D Barrow FRS · Gresham College

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What is the best way to pack? Some examples of different packing strategies will lead us to the best way of packing many things of different sizes. We look at the different strategies that can be used to board passengers on to aircraft and discover that the standard load-from-the-back model is the second worst possible. But what is the best way? What are the best denominations of coins to have in order to be able to make all possible amounts of change as efficiently as possible?

The talk

  1. The Maths of Sorting Things Out 2009-11-24 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor John D Barrow FRS
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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