Adrian Neumann <aneumann <at> inf.fu-berlin.de> writes: > > I often wonder how many cuts you need to divide a steak in n pieces. > You can obviously get n pieces with (sqrt n) cuts by cutting a grid. > But I'm sure some smart mathematician thought of a (log n) way. >
You might try the ham sandwich theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_sandwich_theorem as an hors d'oeuvre. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
