How pizza can solve this unusual math puzzle
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A mathematical sequence devised by number theorist Leo Moser in 1949 (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31...) breaks its doubling pattern at the sixth term. The sequence, called Moser's circle area problem, can be understood through a real-world analogy: dividing a circular pizza into the maximum number of slices by connecting points on its edge, which explains why the pattern surprises us.
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