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Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way (pudding.cool)
submitted 1 month ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/557841

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[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Cool analysis if you happen to have cylindrical onions and infinitely long knives laying around.

[–] teft@piefed.social 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I store them in the same non-euclidean drawer as my spherical cows.

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Do not forget the tessaract

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I keep mine next to my frictionless planes and point masses, but somtimes they roll away into the fourth dimension.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Extending the study to an onion's actual shape, the conclusion would be conical cuts...

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

They also completely missed the point of the two additional cuts method and made the lowest cut about where the highest cut should be.