For almost 60 years, mathematicians have struggled to answer the age-old question: will your sofa fit around the corner of the new place you are moving to? However, Jineon Baek of Yonsei University in ...
Luckily, the past several years have seen a vast expansion of actually nice-looking sleeper sofas that manage to square the circle: nice-looking enough to live in your living room, well-engineered ...
Few pieces of home furniture multi-task as masterfully as a sleeper sofa. These versatile couches can be a game-changer for smaller homes and apartments: They provide a comfortable spot to lounge ...
A mathematician at Yonsei University, in Korea, claims to have solved the moving sofa problem. Jineon Baek has posted a 100+-page proof of the problem on the arXiv preprint server. Most people who ...