ext_258435 ([identity profile] writinghawk.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] simont 2014-03-14 09:37 pm (UTC)

Provided that this s'>m/3,

Or rather, "since this s'>m/3", as it always is. If s'<=m/3, t>=2m/3, i.e. the longest length is at least twice the shortest length and there can't be a simple counting argument that means you can't fill up an n-stick. You just fill it up with copies of t until you get stuck; then you remove your last copy of t and fill up the remaining gap with two equal sized sticks, which are obviously shorter than t and longer than s.

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