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This article describes how economists cut cake, not mathematicians. Mathematicians cut cake into a finite number of non-measurable pieces, rearrange those piece
by soVeryTired 10y ago
This article describes how economists cut cake, not mathematicians. Mathematicians cut cake into a finite number of non-measurable pieces, rearrange those pieces using only rotation and translation, and end up with two cakes.
- bouh 10y agoHere a vsauce recipee to explain how to do that ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86-Z-CbaHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86-Z-CbaHA
- mhb 10y agoNo. If economists were cutting the cake, there would be no cake on the table because someone would already have eaten it.
- ianleeclark 10y agoCurious, but why would one of the economists have eaten the cake?
- mhb 10y agohttps://financingefficiency.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/the-20-bill-on-the-sidewalk/ https://financingefficiency.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/the-20-...