http://www.joewhite.com/2005/10/27/been-seated-at-a-wobbly-table-dont-shim-it-with-your-napkin-rotate-it/ The occasional writings of a questionable mind. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:45:28 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.joewhite.com/2005/10/27/been-seated-at-a-wobbly-table-dont-shim-it-with-your-napkin-rotate-it/comment-page-1/#comment-85 jpyoung Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:27:15 +0000 http://www.joewhite.com/?p=382#comment-85 I think his constraints are too great: "We prove that a perfect four-feet square table, posed in a continuous irregular ground with a local slope of at most 15 degrees can be put in equilibrium on the ground by a 'rotation' of less than 90 degrees." I've often found that the problem is the table itself, not the ground. Also "continuous irregular ground with a local slope of at most 15 degrees " seems pretty restrictive, but maybe this is more common than I'd think. Let's go eat out a lot and see how useful this proof is in the real world instead of the ivory tower of academia ;-) I think his constraints are too great: “We prove that a perfect four-feet square table, posed in a continuous irregular ground with a local slope of at most 15 degrees can be put in equilibrium on the ground by a ‘rotation’ of less than 90 degrees.” I’ve often found that the problem is the table itself, not the ground. Also “continuous irregular ground with a local slope of at most 15 degrees ” seems pretty restrictive, but maybe this is more common than I’d think. Let’s go eat out a lot and see how useful this proof is in the real world instead of the ivory tower of academia

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