Ask for family pizza can be a challenge when it comes to comes to fence portions for both to be cut to the you should get: In the end someone always ends up eating a little more other or none is satisfied with the piece touched him when he looks at who sits next door.
As a result of this problem, mathematics at the University of Liverpool a study included in the perfect formula to divide the pizza evenly , so that no one is a victim of some injustice to mealtime.
The study, published in arXiv with Joel Haddley and Stephen Worsley entitled “Infinite families of monohedral disk tilings” (“infinite Families tiled in monohedral disks”) delves into different possibilities to divide the traditional circular pizza in portions .
Although its application to real life is somewhat difficult any cutter, albeit professional, the model, according to mathematicians, assures popular food lovers designed division is the most “fair” .
“ Most of us split a pizza using straight cuts and all meet in the middle. But What if the center of the pizza is a supplement that some people prefer to avoid , while others want to have? “
Responding to this question, and Worsley Haddley built design which can cater to those needs, and called “mosaic monoedral album” , cuts result in 12 identical pieces of pizza , six of which come from the center forming a sort of Star , pushing the rest of the pieces to the edges.
“ I have no idea if you can apply our work to more than cutting pizza ” Haddley told New Scientist , further recognizing that has already tried to cut the pizza using the design . “The designs they are interesting mathematically , and you can make some pretty pictures”.
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