Re:Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics
by caf on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:21PM
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Do the legs have to be even?
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Re:Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics
by istjohn on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:59PM
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Yes. Imagine a chair with one pair of diagonally opposite legs very long and the other pair of legs very short. On even a flat surface it is impossible to touch all four legs to the floor simultaneously.
Re:Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics
by twic on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @02:25AM
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Not even, but the feet have to be coplanar.
Re:Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics
by caf on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @07:08PM
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And since the spacing between the feet is obviously irrelevant, that further implies that it's always possible to find 4 coplanar points on the surface arbitrarily close together. Or arbitrarily far apart.