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CATEGORIES:Experimental Mathematics Seminar
CREATED:20250825T133003
SUMMARY: Cutting a Pancake Using an Exotic Knife
LOCATION:https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95103383827    password: 6564120420
DESCRIPTION:In the first chapter of their classic book "Concrete Mathematics", Graham, 
 Knuth, and Potashnik consider the maximum number of pieces that can be obta
 ined from a pancake by making n cuts with a knife-blade that is straight, o
 r bent into a V, or bent twice into a Z. We extend this work by considering
  knives, or "cookie-cutters", of even more exotic shapes, including a k-arm
 ed V, a chain of k connected line segments, or are shaped like one of the u
 pper-case letters A, E, L, M, T, W, X, Y, or the less-familiar Wu. In most 
 cases we are able to give an explicit formula for the maximum number of pie
 ces. This talk is based on joint work with David O. H. Cutler\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In the first chapter of their classic book "Concrete Mathematics", Graha
 m, Knuth, and Potashnik consider the maximum number of pieces that can be o
 btained from a pancake by making n cuts with a knife-blade that is straight
 , or bent into a V, or bent twice into a Z. We extend this work by consider
 ing knives, or "cookie-cutters", of even more exotic shapes, including a k-
 armed V, a chain of k connected line segments, or are shaped like one of th
 e upper-case letters A, E, L, M, T, W, X, Y, or the less-familiar Wu. In mo
 st cases we are able to give an explicit formula for the maximum number of 
 pieces. This talk is based on joint work with David O. H. Cutler</p>
CONTACT:Neil Sloane, The OEIS Foundation and Rutgers University
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