21 Nov
2014
21 Nov
'14
7:42 p.m.
I am unable to find a combination of search words that will dig up anything about the well-known phenomenon of a spaghetti noodle breaking into 3 parts. Hold each end, bend until broken. Find 3 pieces. If unconvinced, do it again. Hilarie
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:30:20 -0800 From: Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com>
it fails along a diameter--the widest point? Presumably, sufficient elongation parallel to that diameter will bifurcate the line of probable failure. E.g., is there a shape that half the time breaks 1:2 and half 2:1? Convex? Could it be an ellipse? Is there a shape where the crack might be uniformly anywhere? --rwg