- Author
- Maciuk Arkadiusz (Wrocław University of Economics, Poland), Smoluk Antoni (Wrocław University of Economics, Poland)
- Title
- Tiling by Squares, Kirchhoff's Laws and a Flow Problem in the Economy
- Source
- Didactics of Mathematics, 2017, nr 14 (18), s. 33-44, rys., tab., bibliogr. 8 poz.
- Keyword
- Matematyka, Metody ilościowe
Mathematics, Quantitative methods - Note
- JEL Classification: B16, C02
summ. - Abstract
- The problem of tiling by squares was formulated more than one hundred years ago and has been mostly regarded as an interesting mathematical issue in geometry, yet without any special practical associations. In addition to a historical outline of the problem, this paper demonstrates how Smith's 1940 method using digraphs helps associate an issue linked to two-dimensional dissection or packaging with such economic problems as transportation network planning, researching linkages between suppliers and the like. We also discuss simple perfect squared rectangles whose relevant laws of nature are as yet unknown, according to the principle that elegant scientific structures sooner or later find their equivalents in the real world.(original abstract)
- Accessibility
- The Main Library of the Cracow University of Economics
The Library of Warsaw School of Economics
The Library of University of Economics in Katowice
The Main Library of the Wroclaw University of Economics - Full text
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- Bibliography
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- Cited by
- ISSN
- 1733-7941
- Language
- eng
- URI / DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.15611/dm.2017.14.04
