Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Waypudding.coolexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkDicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Waypudding.coolQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前I’m not fully understanding the last bit, why alternating depths?
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 个月前I think I get their point. The layers closest to the center of the onion have the smallest radius, so by only going all the way with every other cut, the smaller pieces toward the center of the onion get cut half as many times.
I’m not fully understanding the last bit, why alternating depths?
I think I get their point. The layers closest to the center of the onion have the smallest radius, so by only going all the way with every other cut, the smaller pieces toward the center of the onion get cut half as many times.