On a dentist seat two weeks ago, I tried to reevaluate Prof Ian Stewart’s calculation of “Pig on a Rope” case. Proven that Prof’s calculation is wrong. The rope’s length should be around 60m instead of 90m as calculated on the book. The book, btw, is titled Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities. And, btw, Prof Stewart lives in Coventry 
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On Twitter, I asked why the chicken crossed the Möbius band. As a devout chicken, Diki answered that the chicken needed to find Euler characteristic 0. Uh, nice catch
. But, with a similar Euler characteristic, I’d rather have a sweet donuts . Yummie.
