Template:Did you know nominations/De Bruijn's theorem

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 18:25, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

De Bruijn's theorem

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• ... that Nicolas de Bruijn was inspired to prove De Bruijn's theorem on packing bricks into boxes by his seven-year-old son's inability to pack 1 × 2 × 4 bricks into a 6 × 6 × 6 box without wasted space?

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5x expanded by David Eppstein (talk). Self nom at 21:49, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

A well-written article that meets all the criteria. The hook is interesting, but I suggest dropping the numbers:

• ... that Nicolas de Bruijn was inspired to prove De Bruijn's theorem on packing bricks into boxes by his seven-year-old son's inability to pack some bricks into a box without wasted space? RockMagnetist (talk) 05:54, 30 August 2012 (UTC)