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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days ago

A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

www.quantamagazine.org

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A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

www.quantamagazine.org

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days ago
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A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up | Quanta Magazine
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A tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. Mathematicians have now made one that’s stable only on one side, confirming a decades-old conjecture.
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    It’s just… heavily weighted… like… yeah? Duh? Was this a big surprise? It’s basically an obtuse pyramid with a weight. Is that supposed to be some new invention?

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      Almost as if it is only mildly interesting

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      Your mum is an obtuse pyramid with a weight 😤

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      Read the damn article and you’ll see why despite not being incredibly complex it’s still not something anyone’s ever built before

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