moving sofa problem

English

The Hammersley sofa has area 2.2074 but is not the largest solution

Proper noun

the moving sofa problem

1. (mathematics) A two-dimensional idealization of furniture-moving problems, asking for the rigid two-dimensional shape of largest area that can be maneuvered through an L-shaped planar region with legs of unit width.

   Synonym: sofa problem

Related terms

• sofa constant