Cookie-Cutter Problem

Maximize the number of cookies you can cut from a given expanse of dough (Hoffman 1998, p. 173).

See also

Bin-Packing Problem, Tiling Problem

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References

Hoffman, P. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth. New York: Hyperion, 1998.

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