Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Waypudding.coolexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarejdnewmil@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month agoCool analysis if you happen to have cylindrical onions and infinitely long knives laying around.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoExtending the study to an onion’s actual shape, the conclusion would be conical cuts…
minus-squarejdnewmil@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBanach-Tarski may be relevant here… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach–Tarski_paradox
minus-squareCenzorrll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey also completely missed the point of the two additional cuts method and made the lowest cut about where the highest cut should be.
Cool analysis if you happen to have cylindrical onions and infinitely long knives laying around.
Extending the study to an onion’s actual shape, the conclusion would be conical cuts…
Banach-Tarski may be relevant here… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach–Tarski_paradox
They also completely missed the point of the two additional cuts method and made the lowest cut about where the highest cut should be.