Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Remember when I was rereading The Fountainead?

Life got busy and I haven't re-finished it yet.

But Cerulean just finished Atlas Shrugged.

And Lisa the Foodie wrote about a geometric, yet edible, pie.

My IRL friends. They are so awesome.

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  1. PG9:06 AM, January 27, 2009

    I'm a bit skeptical of the "Atlas Shrugged, so timely!" stuff.

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  2. Joe The Math Guy3:06 PM, January 27, 2009

    That is, specifically, an icosahedral pie. The icosahedron is interesting in that it encloses the greatest volume for a given surface area of any of the five regular polyhedra.

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  3. Chalicechick3:09 PM, January 27, 2009

    Is that because it is closest to being a sphere?

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  4. Joe The Math Guy5:38 PM, January 27, 2009

    Well spotted, CC!!! The sphere, as you apparently have surmised, contains the greatest volume for given surface area of ANY closed surface.

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  5. Chalicechick5:44 PM, January 27, 2009

    *Blush* Just applying what I knew about 2d geometry to 3d to see if it worked...

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