Shape theft

Shape theft is a crime against mathematical constants in which a fundamental shape, often a triangle, is "stolen" from a volume of space.

Famous examples of shape theft include:

• The near-instantaneous disassembly of the Eiffel Tower (triangle theft)
• The delapidation of the Great Pyramid at Cheops (cuboid theft)
• The simultaneous multiple abductions of the Hula Hoop craze and the Frisbee craze (circle theft)

Cubic desserts liquified, Shape Theft suspected

APTO Fictional Crime Alert—

Shape Theft gang believed responsible for disappearance of cube geometry — Formerly cubic desserts liquified

Shape Thieves "steal" shapes (cube, square, hypercube) from a volume of space

Be sure to lock your geometry!

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In the News

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  Mid-1960's astronaut dessert cubes "at high risk of Shape Theft due to their historical significance and the great desire by citizens of every nation to experience the last remaining astronaut dessert cubes with their own eyes, if not their own taste buds."

Fiction cross-reference

• Crimes against mathematical constants
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Mathematics

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Mathematics (nonfiction)