pancake sorting

noun

The mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the stack and used to flip all pancakes above it.

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Meanings

nounpancake sorting (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemathematicsThe mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the stack and used to flip all pancakes above it.
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