Chocolate Pythagoras

2010/02/09 Kortabitarte Egiguren, Irati - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Matematika

The San Sebastian designer Santos Bregaña, the chocolatier Enric Rovira and the mathematician Enrique Zuazua have created a chocolate tablet based on a mathematical formula.

The tablet consists of rectangular triangles and several concentric squares. If you look at the design or drawing, it seems that the division of the chocolate tablet is not regular. But it is not so. Those that look like different parts or parts have the same surface.

The tablet weighs 180 grams and is for sale at 13 euros. It is a product of "Gourmet" stores, and for the moment it is easier to find it in Tokyo than in Bilbao.

Photo: José Luis López de Zubiria