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Some news articles and web resources mentioning my work on the moving sofa problem and other topics. Sorted by time period and topic.

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• (2024-2025) Articles discussing Jineon Baek's solution of the moving sofa problem:
  • The Largest Sofa You Can Move Around a Corner. Richard Green, Quanta Magazine. February 14, 2025.
  • Solving the Moving Sofa Problem. Andy Fell, UC Davis News, December 13, 2024.
  • Wie Mathematiker über Sofas denken. Christian Meier, Süddeutsche Zeitung. June 4, 2025. (In German.)
  • Mathe-News: Das Sofa-Problem wurde gelöst! DorFuchs YouTube channel, December 23, 2024. (In German.)
  • Moving Sofa Problem Solved?!?! Interview with Dan Romik. Art Kalb's YouTube channel, December 4, 2024.

  • Mathematicians have figured out the best sofa shape for moving around. Alex Wilkins, New Scientist, December 9, 2024.

  • Mathematician solves the moving sofa problem. Bob Yirka, phys.org, December 11, 2024.

  • Pivot! Mathematicians reveal how Ross Geller COULD have got his sofa up the stairs in iconic Friends scene. William Hunter, The Daily Mail, December 12, 2024.

  • Mathematician Finally Solves Age-Old Moving Sofa Problem. Mike McRae, Yahoo! News, December 11, 2024.

  • This 100-Page Proof Claims to Have Solved the World’s Most Frustrating Math Puzzle: What’s The Largest Sofa That Fits Around a Corner? Tibi Puiu, ZME Science, December 12, 2024.

  • After More Than 50 Years, Math's "Sofa Problem" May Finally Be Solved. Katie Spalding, IFL Science. December 12, 2024.

• (2023) Discussion of my work on sphere packing:

  • On Viazovska’s modular form inequalities by Dan Romik. Gil Kalai, Combinatorics and More, December 17, 2023

• (2016-2017) Articles and blogs discussing my work on the moving sofa problem:
  • Move the Couch! Kyung-Hwan Kim. Donga Science, April 24, 2017. (In Korean)
  • De wiskunde van een sofa in de bocht . Alex van den Brandhof. NRC Handelsblad, April 15, 2017. (In Dutch)
  • Why Mathematicians Cannot Solve the Problem of Moving Your Sofa. Avery Thompson. Popular Mechanics, March 24, 2017.
  • The Moving Sofa Problem - Numberphile (video). Brady Haran. March 23, 2017.
  • 3D printing inspires UC Davis prof to tackle tricky 'moving sofa problem'. By Tess, 3Ders.org, March 22, 2017.
  • The science of sofas: Bizarre study reveals the most manoeuvrable couches for getting round tight corners (and says a DUMBELL shape is best). The Daily Mail, March 21, 2017.
  • New twist on sofa problem that stumped mathematicians and furniture movers. Becky Oskin. Phys.org (republished from the UC Davis research blog Egghead). March 20, 2017.
  • Romik's Ambidextrous Sofa. John Baez. Visual Insight, American Mathematical Society Blogs, December 15, 2016.
  • Hammersley Sofa. John Baez. Visual Insight, American Mathematical Society Blogs, January 15, 2015 (updated July, 2016).