It turns out there's a sequel! http://www.georgehart.com/bagel/knot.html
"Waiter, my bagel has black magic marker all over it. I think I'll just have the omelette instead."
How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)
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Re: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please elaborate!
I think it would be possible to slice the ladder exactly in half, down its length, right? Each rung would go from a cylinder to a half-cylinder, but should still be rigidly connected to either side of the ladder all the same.
The problem is then you have two short ladders. You throw your two half ladders off the roof and they don't magically stand end-to-end for you. You have to cut with a twist to ensure the last rungs are entangled with each other so the half-ladders are hooked together. Then you can hang one off the other and reach the ground.
Re: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it would be possible to slice the ladder exactly in half, down its length, right? Each rung would go from a cylinder to a half-cylinder, but should still be rigidly connected to either side of the ladder all the same.
The problem is then you have two short ladders. You throw your two half ladders off the roof and they don't magically stand end-to-end for you. You have to cut with a twist to ensure the last rungs are entangled with each other so the half-ladders are hooked together. Then you can hang one off the other and reach the ground.
See I was envisioning one of these: http://www.bates.co.za/BMS_Product_Images/ROUND%20TUBE%20LAD...
Re: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Make a cut through it shaped like a mobius strip - that is, a single 180 degree rotation instead of going the whole 360 degrees shown here. To think about it another way, imagine if you took a mobius strip and constructed a semicircular lump of bread on the surface, extending it around until it connects back to itself. You've made a bagel! Now take the mobius strip out of the middle, and the gap it leaves is the cut…
Sounds like a job for some parchment and my weekend. I wonder if I could sell bagel-sized silicone mobius strips for baking.
Potentially interesting to anyone with an oven, if you can capture 1% of that market you'll be rich!
I'd suggest raising a few million in seed funding and renting an office in downtown SF. If it doesn't pan out you can pivot into math-related silicone ice cube trays.
Re: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sounds like a job for some parchment and my weekend. I wonder if I could sell bagel-sized silicone mobius strips for baking.
Potentially interesting to anyone with an oven, if you can capture 1% of that market you'll be rich! I'd suggest raising a few million in seed funding and renting an office in downtown SF. If it doesn't pan out you can pivot into math-related silicone ice cube trays.
The ICO is Monday. First 10,000 have an ERC20 address printed on the mold.
Re: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)
#66Here's George Hart's daughter Vi Hart making a Mexihexaflexagon, which is a kind of three-sided flat quesadilla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwrVAbV56o That family must have the best picnics!
I prefer his other daughter, Vim Hart.