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minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIs there mathematical proof for this? It sounds like it could be true, but also sounds like you could actively create a floor which it wasn’t true for
minus-squarebasmati@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoYes there is. The wobbly table theroem. https://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/math1a_2011/exhibits/wobblytable/
minus-squarehydrospanner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThis is one of those things that works in a simulated environment but not in practice in the real world.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIt does work in the real world, as long as the floor is the problem, and the table is perfect. Most of the time at a restaurant, it’s the table that’s been beaten up and is no longer even.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI’m pretty sure this doesn’t account for any floor that isn’t a flat plane.
Is there mathematical proof for this? It sounds like it could be true, but also sounds like you could actively create a floor which it wasn’t true for
Yes there is. The wobbly table theroem. https://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/math1a_2011/exhibits/wobblytable/
This is one of those things that works in a simulated environment but not in practice in the real world.
It does work in the real world, as long as the floor is the problem, and the table is perfect.
Most of the time at a restaurant, it’s the table that’s been beaten up and is no longer even.
I’m pretty sure this doesn’t account for any floor that isn’t a flat plane.