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I'd never heard of the two-dimensional version!
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The '''Two-Pancake Problem''' is an introductory theorem in [[topology]] stating that the area of any two pancakes having an arbitrary two-dimensional shape can both be perfectly bisected with one straight line (one cut of a knife).  Its proof is an illustration of the properties of continuous functions.
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The '''Two-Pancake Problem''' is an introductory theorem in [[topology]] stating that the area of any two pancakes having an arbitrary two-dimensional shape can both be perfectly bisected with one straight line (one cut of a knife).  Its proof is an illustration of the properties of continuous functions.  It is the two-dimensional version of the three-dimensional [[Ham Sandwich Theorem]].
 
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[[Category:topology]]
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