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Mathematical table turning revisited

Bill Baritompa, Rainer Löwen, Burkard Polster, Marty Ross

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Abstract

We investigate under which conditions a rectangular table can be placed with all four feet touching a continuous ground by turning it on the spot.

arXiv comments
17 pages, 7 figures
Journal reference
Math. Intell. Journal 29, No. 2, 49-58 (2007)
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Subjects
math.HOHistory and Overview math.GNGeneral Topology

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  1. How to Stabilize a Wobbly Table (2007) 1 comment

    • Possibly dumb question: Will this work for tables where there is no point of rotation that the equal-length legs are equidistant from? I.e. there's no point of rotational symmetry as far as the legs are concerned. It seems that the argument is predicated on the idea that after…

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