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[–] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Huh. So mathematically, I guess a bowling ball is a pair of pants.

[–] StellarExtract@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think a bowling ball would actually just be a solid topologically. The finger holes are just indentations rather than holes that go all the way through. IANAT, though.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 4 points 2 days ago

Ok correct, technically I guess the outer 2D surface of a bowling ball is a pair of pants. For the entire 3D object to qualify, the holes would have to be connected internally.