What's the curse of the Schwarz lantern?

Mathologer December 23, 2023
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Enter the world of the Mathologer for really accessible explanations of hard and beautiful math(s). In real life the Mathologer is a math(s) professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and goes by the name of Burkard Polster. These days Marty Ross another math(s) professor, great friend and collaborator for over 20 years also plays a huge role behind the scenes, honing the math(s) and the video scripts with Burkard. And there are Tristan Tillij and Eddie Price who complete the Mathologer team, tirelessly proofreading and critiquing the scripts and providing lots of original ideas. If you like Mathologer, also check out years worth of free original maths resources on Burkard and Marty's site http://www.qedcat.com.

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Second coop with Andrew. This time it's about the Schwarz lantern a very famous counterexample to something that mathematicians believed to be obviously true. A 3D cousin of the famous pi = 4 paradox. 00:00 Intro 00:39 Troll math: the pi=4 meme 02:25 Archimedes chops off corners 05:51 Archimedes boxing of pi 07:40 Schwarz lantern 16:59 Area formula 17:12 Schwarz pi = 4 memes 20:17 Folding flat 21:12 Andrew's VR experiment 22:24 Soda can --- lantern 23:26 Thanks 25:00 Andrew's Christmas tree The pi = 4 troll math meme on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/e6q4r/troll_math_pi_4_crosspost/ Good discussion by GoldPlatedGoof https://static.nsta.org/pdfs/QuantumV1N4.pdf The Vi Hart video: https://youtu.be/D2xYjiL8yyE Closely related, the Staircase paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staircase_paradox Good discussion of the history of this sort of paradox http://tinyurl.com/3pe2eaav Great wiki page on the Schwarz lantern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz_lantern Schwarz's original paper: https://archive.org/stream/gesammeltemathem02schwuoft#page/310/mode/2up Diamond-Cut Can https://www.toyo-seikan.co.jp/e/technology/can/decorationshape/diamondcut/ Lots of nice ideas (coffee cans, soda can creasing, collapsing cylinders, patent for effectively collapsing cans) https://beachpackagingdesign.com/boxvox/pseudo-cylindrical-concave-polyhedral-packaging The IKEA looking lantern features in the paper: Application of paper folding technique to three-dimensional space sound absorber with permeable membrane: Case studies of trial productions http://tinyurl.com/223948tz Great article in Quantum magazine (there is also an article about Gabriel's horn in the same issue): https://static.nsta.org/pdfs/QuantumV1N4.pdf Andrews Geogebra app in action: Schwarz Lantern in Geogebra 3D & AR: https://youtu.be/YyKX00VukFw Schwarz Lantern christmas tree: https://youtu.be/Ay1s4hizg1o Geogebra 3D AR mode on an iPad how-to: https://youtu.be/yQAiBxTGbAg Schwarz lantern origami with Deepali Karanjavkar: https://youtu.be/ar7dMtsA-dY Crushmetric water bottle (really impressive can crushing inspired toys): https://www.crushmetric.com/ Hydraulic press vs. metal pipe (square and circular) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM5dyY8zfxs Mel Brooks: "May the Schwarz be with you" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6cho-gsaZM Music today: Flat Rock by Bennett Sullivan T-shirt: Google hohoho cubed t-shirts for lots of different versions ((ho)³ A case where (ab)³ ≠ a³b³ :) Enjoy! Burkard