Slicing a pizza (Problems from MO category P, part 45)

Authors

  • Pavel Töpfer Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague

Abstract

In this part of the series about interesting programming problems from the Mathematical Olympiad category P, we will get acquainted with one practical problem from the home round of the 56th MO (the school year 2006/07). This is a relatively easy problem and somewhat unusual in the Olympiad. It is an optimization problem, but we do not need any special knowledge of algorithms to solve it. Simple logical reasoning and a "hungry" approach to solving the problem will be quite sufficient. In the second part of the article, we will get acquainted with a slightly more difficult variant of the problem, which will look different at first glance, but we will use practically the same procedure to solve it.

Published

2023-03-01

How to Cite

Töpfer, P. (2023). Slicing a pizza (Problems from MO category P, part 45). MATHEMATICS–PHYSICS–INFORMATICS, 32(1), 72–78. Retrieved from https://mfi.upol.cz/index.php/mfi/article/view/710

Issue

Section

Informatics