• tetris11@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    uhhh, wait. Under what projection is OP’s “square” reduced to an actual square

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        2 days ago

        Im gonna need more than that as an explanation. Sandwiches too if you’re making some

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          1 day ago

          Imagine you have a cookie cutter in that shape. Cut a cookie as thick as the chord of the largest arc.

          View the new vertical surface of the longest arc that is now a cylindrical section.

          Viola, square. 😁