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Finite or discrete collections of geometric objects. Packings, tilings, polyhedra, polytopes, intersection, arrangements, rigidity.

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Minimal blocking objects with shadows like a cube

Edited image to correct an error, as per Michael Biro's comment Here are a few small cases which can each be done with $\frac{3}{2}(n^2+n) - 5$ blocks. They're built by placing $n^2$ "X" blocks to …
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