weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoI mean...sub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down118
arrow-up1789arrow-down1imageI mean...sub.wetshaving.socialweird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·2 months agoThis is impossible as the apples aren’t homogeneous. Otherwise: have one person slide each apple across the knife until they feel their side is fair. The slice and pick. This does not work here as there are more than two people.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoI mean, while we’re being pedantic, you can never cut exactly 2/3 an apple for everyone, down to the atoms. Even with homogeneous apples.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAh, but it does work for three if you allow up to five cuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridge–Conway_procedure
This is impossible as the apples aren’t homogeneous. Otherwise: have one person slide each apple across the knife until they feel their side is fair. The slice and pick. This does not work here as there are more than two people.
I mean, while we’re being pedantic, you can never cut exactly 2/3 an apple for everyone, down to the atoms. Even with homogeneous apples.
Ah, but it does work for three if you allow up to five cuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridge–Conway_procedure
We explicitly don’t.