Block Partitions of Sequences
Abstract
Given a sequence A=(a1,...,an) of real numbers, a block B of the A is either a set B={ai,...,aj} where i<=j or the empty set. The size b of a block B is the sum of its elements. We show that when 0<=ai<=1 and k is a positive integer, there is a partition of A into k blocks B1,...,Bk with |bi-bj|<=1 for every i, j. We extend this result in many directions.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- August 2013
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1308.2452
- Bibcode:
- 2013arXiv1308.2452B
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Combinatorics;
- 05A18
- E-Print:
- 9 pages