Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Waypudding.coolexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarejdnewmil@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·1 month agoCool analysis if you happen to have cylindrical onions and infinitely long knives laying around.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoI store them in the same non-euclidean drawer as my spherical cows.
minus-squaresomerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoDo not forget the tessaract
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoI keep mine next to my frictionless planes and point masses, but somtimes they roll away into the fourth dimension.
minus-squaredbtng@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOh. I have a soft spot for spherical cows. Years ago I authored most of the Uncyclopedia page on the topic. Hehe. I see my edits there from 2010.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoExtending the study to an onion’s actual shape, the conclusion would be conical cuts…
minus-squarejdnewmil@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBanach-Tarski may be relevant here… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach–Tarski_paradox
minus-squareCenzorrll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 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.
I store them in the same non-euclidean drawer as my spherical cows.
Do not forget the tessaract
I keep mine next to my frictionless planes and point masses, but somtimes they roll away into the fourth dimension.
Oh. I have a soft spot for spherical cows.
Years ago I authored most of the Uncyclopedia page on the topic. Hehe. I see my edits there from 2010.
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.