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On a problem about covering lines by squares
Authors:Walter Kern  Alfred Wanka
Affiliation:(1) Mathematisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Weyertal 86-90, D-5000 Köln 41, Germany
Abstract:LetS be the square [0,n]2 of side lengthn isin Nopf and letS = {S1, ...,St} be a set of unit squares lying insideS, whose sides are parallel to those ofS.S is called a line cover, if every line intersectingS also intersects someSi isinS. Lettau(n) denote the minimum cardinality of a line cover, and lettauprime(n) be defined in the same way, except that we restrict our attention to lines which are parallel to either one of the axes or one of the diagonals ofS. It has been conjectured by Fejes Tóth thattau(n)=2n+O(1) and by Bárány and Füredi thattauprime(n)=3/2n+O(1). We will prove that, instead,tauprime(n)=4/3n+O(1) and, as to Fejes Tóth's conjecture, we will exhibit a ldquononintegerrdquo solution to a related LP-relaxation, which has size equal to 3/2n+O(1).
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