Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Waypudding.coolexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkDicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Waypudding.coolQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI’m not fully understanding the last bit, why alternating depths?
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI 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.