Pizza theorem - Wikipedia
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  • modus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    12 days ago

    I didn’t think this was how discs were normally partitioned. Does this work better with FAT32 or NTFS?

    • Slashme@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      I’ve added it, but it might not stay, because it’s mentioned and linked in the last paragraph. MOS:ALSO says:

      As a general rule, the “See also” section should not repeat links that appear in the article’s body

      But I’m not strict on that rule, and it’s such an obvious related topic that it seems to fit there.

      • black0ut@pawb.socialEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        I actually followed to the ham sandwich theorem article from the See Also section, and thought it was a huge coincidence that the pizza theorem article was edited a few hours ago.

        Now I know the reason lol

      • RichardDegenne@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        If I’m being honest, I didn’t read the entirety of the pizza theorem page, so I didn’t notice that the Ham sandwich theorem was mentioned in there 😬

  • hakase@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    12 days ago

    This assumes there’s a single cutting point in the interior of the pizza, which has not typically been my experience in situations where this would have been an issue.

    Edited for clarity.

    • Elgenzay@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      It doesn’t assume a central cutting point, it assumes 2 people alternating slices

      • hakase@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        12 days ago

        It does assume only one cutting point interior to the pizza:

        “Let p be an interior point of the disk, and let n be a multiple of 4 that is greater than or equal to 8. Form n sectors of the disk with equal angles by choosing an arbitrary line through p, rotating the line ⁠n/2⁠ − 1 times by an angle of ⁠2π/n⁠ radians, and slicing the disk on each of the resulting ⁠n/2⁠ lines.”

        My previous comment may have been ambiguous, so I’ve edited it to be clearer. I meant that very rarely do all of the cuts go through one point - when slices are uneven in my experience, that usually comes along with a few extra mini-triangles in the middle of the pizza where the cuts have missed each other.