How many stones can we place in empty baskets?
Cezar Lupu
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Abstract
In this short note, we derive a precise estimate on the number of stones which can be placed in empty baskets. Although the problem posed is combinatorial in nature, the precise estimate involves some techniques arising in analytic number theory such as average sum of arithmetic functions.
Cite this article
Cezar Lupu, How many stones can we place in empty baskets?. Elem. Math. (2024), published online first
DOI 10.4171/EM/521