Sachertorte their cakes have become an integral part of Viennese culture. Bookstore/coffee houses often provide the same type of environment, a place to relax, meet friends or family and talk about important issues in peoples lives. A number of new franchises being established shows a sign that America has embraced part of this exported Viennese culture. Sachertorte Sachertorte () is a specific type of chocolate cake, or torte, invented by Austrian Franz Sacher in 1832 for Prince Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties. December 5th is National Sachertorte Day in the
Utilitarian cake-cutting Utilitarian cake-cutting Utilitarian cake-cutting is a rule for dividing a heterogeneous resource, such as a cake or a land-estate, among several partners with different cardinal utility functions. The rule says that the cake should be divided in a way which maximizes the sum of the utilities of the partners. It is called "utilitarian" because it is inspired by utilitarianism. An alternative term is maxsum cake-cutting. Utilitarian cake-cutting is often not "fair"; hence, utilitarianism is in conflict with fair cake-cutting. Consider a cake with two parts: chocolate and vanilla, and two partners: Alice and George, with the following valuations: The utilitarian