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  2. Fair cake-cutting - Wikipedia

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    For two cakes, they prove that an EF allocation may not exist when there are 2 agents and each cake is cut into 2 pieces. However, an EF allocation exists when there are 2 agents and one cake is cut into 3 pieces (the least-wanted piece is discarded), or when there are 3 agents and each cake is cut into 2 pieces (one agent is ignored; the ...

  3. Sawing a woman in half - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the cutting of the assistant is emphasised by sawing between the two halves of the box before sliding the dividers into place. Catches are released to allow the table to be separated into two halves along with the box. The halves are parted and the assistant thus appears to have been cut into two completely disconnected pieces.

  4. Divide and choose - Wikipedia

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    Divide and choose (also Cut and choose or I cut, you choose) is a procedure for fair division of a continuous resource, such as a cake, between two parties. It involves a heterogeneous good or resource ("the cake") and two partners who have different preferences over parts of the cake (both want as much of it as possible).

  5. Quartile - Wikipedia

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    Use the median to divide the ordered data set into two halves. The median becomes the second quartile. The median becomes the second quartile. If there are an odd number of data points in the original ordered data set, do not include the median (the central value in the ordered list) in either half.

  6. Pizza theorem - Wikipedia

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    Let p be an interior point of the disk, and let n be a multiple of 4 that is greater than or equal to 8. Form n sectors of the disk with equal angles by choosing an arbitrary line through p, rotating the line ⁠ n / 2 ⁠ − 1 times by an angle of ⁠ 2 π / n ⁠ radians, and slicing the disk on each of the resulting ⁠ n / 2 ⁠ lines.

  7. List of culinary knife cuts - Wikipedia

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    Hangetsu-giri; half-moon cut, cut into round slices which are cut in half. Aname-giri ; diagonal cut, cut at a 45-degree angle to make oval slices. Icho-giri; gingko leaf cut, cut into round slices which are cut into quarters. Koguchigiri; small edge cuts into tiny round slices. Kushigatagiri; wedge cut or comb cut. Kakugiri; cut into cubes.

  8. Quarters vs Halves: Explaining why men's, women's college ...

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    "Four quarters instead of two halves: Men's college basketball is the only visible form of the game in the world that does not have quarters. It is not a question of remaining unique. It is not a ...

  9. Bisects and splits - Wikipedia

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    Mexico 1861 8 reales stamp, quartered for use as 2 reales value, with San Luis Potosí cancellation [1]. Bisects and splits refer to postage stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but also other fractions, and postally used for the proportionate value of the entire stamp, such as a two cent stamp cut in half and used as a one cent stamp. [2]