7 Oct
2007
7 Oct
'07
7:27 p.m.
On 10/7/07, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
TEABAG PROBLEM (which I learned of on the Web a few years ago):
Let metric space T be 2 unit squares identified along their perimeter. Among all isometric embeddings of T in 3-space, what is the supremum of the attainable volumes?
1/8
(And, is there an embedding that attains this sup? If so, which one(s)?)
Tate & Lyle
It's even somewhat surprising that a positive volume is possible.
Not if one's misspent youth incorporated a splash course in origami water-bombs! But it must be admitted that I have no idea how to go about proving it ... WFL