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The Scientific Way to Cut a Cake - Numberphile
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ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12
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The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile
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What is a lucky number? - Numberphile
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The Josephus Problem - Numberphile
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158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma Machine) - Numberphile
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The problem in Good Will Hunting - Numberphile
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The Scientific Way to Cut a Cake - Numberphile
115,026
6174 - Numberphile
84,337
Elliptical Pool Table - Numberphile
73,279
ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12
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The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile
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Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile
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What is a lucky number? - Numberphile
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The Josephus Problem - Numberphile
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158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma Machine) - Numberphile
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The problem in Good Will Hunting - Numberphile
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Riemann Hypothesis - Numberphile
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Problems with Zero - Numberphile
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Perfect Shapes in Higher Dimensions - Numberphile
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Flaw in the Enigma Code - Numberphile
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British Numbers confuse Americans - Numberphile
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8128 and Perfect Numbers - Numberphile
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e (Euler's Number) - Numberphile
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Monty Hall Problem - Numberphile
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One minus one plus one minus one - Numberphile
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Number Trick - Numberphile
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The Opposite of Infinity - Numberphile
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Zero Factorial - Numberphile
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Winning at Rock Paper Scissors - Numberphile
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666 - Numberphile
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Did Usain Bolt REALLY run 100m in 9.63 seconds?
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Log Tables - Numberphile
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The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational) - Numberphile
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Videos about numbers and mathematics. Videos by Brady Haran since 2011.
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steve1978ger (10 years ago)
Unless it's a mathematician's party, stating "You're cutting this cake in a very faulty way" will probably result in not being invited again.
christophergaspar6520 (5 years ago)
nice statement at the end
leannb2513 (10 years ago)
alternative solution: eat the entire cake in one sitting
SickSkilz (7 years ago)
This is a great way for a single guy with no friends to ensure that the suffering another birthday alone is drawn out for as many days as possible.
prose.and.providence (9 years ago)
What is this foreign concept of a "leftover cake"?
Michael_Korky (10 years ago)
everybody knows there is no day two for a cake
Ho3n3r (9 years ago)
If you still have cake left over from the previous day, I'm doubting it was a delicious cake to begin with.
mordaren (10 years ago)
This might be satisfying for mathematicians, but a physicist will point out that the rubber band will stretch when put in a cool refridgerator. Thus the effect of the rubber band is nullified, and you've opened up for up to 4 times as much surface area exposal than what you tried to get away from when simply slicing out a wedge.
DizzIlike (10 years ago)
People's faces when I cut the cake at the next birthday party...
EfHaichDee (10 years ago)
This is why mathematicians are never taken seriously by the general public.
gaeb-hd4lf (8 years ago)
"maximizing the amount of gastronomical pleasure"
overkillsnake (10 years ago)
Saran Wrap? Tupperware? Aluminium foil? A covered cake stand? Maths....because we can.
montygordon (9 years ago)
The cake to icing ratio on the last slices would be bad
orangefirelite (4 weeks ago)
301 views here >>>
stevendieudonne4027 (11 years ago)
Not only does the cake stay moist , you also get an infinite process, which mean infinite cakes.
thepip3599 (10 years ago)
I wish he kept going until it was crazily tiny, and he couldn't cut it anymore without squishing it.
thechickennuggetoffate (6 years ago)
"Maximizing the amount of gastronomic pleasure"