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The rectangular cows of Art UK (2018)

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151 points onychomys | 4 comments | 21 Nov 24 13:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
1. plank ◴[21 Nov 24 15:16 UTC] No.42205094[source]▶
Only explanation: No physicists were involved in painting these cows. (Everybody knows that physicists only know spherical cows) Kind regards, Roel (yes, physicist by origin)
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2. zehaeva ◴[21 Nov 24 18:10 UTC] No.42206975[source]▶
I came here to make this same joke good sir! You beat me to it!
3. hehehheh ◴[21 Nov 24 19:20 UTC] No.42207653[source]▶
Can you make a square cow from a spherical cow using only compass and straight edge?
4. UniverseHacker ◴[21 Nov 24 20:20 UTC] No.42208209[source]▶
Physicists switch between square, spherical, and cylindrical cows depending on the coordinate system they are working in. However they would be squares with a unitless volume and length of 1. There is no need for rectangular cows, because you can just redefine the basis vectors to make it square.