Slice genus

Okay, so imagine you have a piece of pizza 🍕. You know how the pizza is round and has a crust? Well, picture cutting that pizza into little pieces, but only cutting the slices from the top to the bottom (not side to side). Each slice would still have a little bit of crust on each end, right?

Now, let's say you have a bunch of different pizzas and you cut each one into slices like that. Some of the slices might have more crust than others, depending on how the pizza was made and cut. The "slice genus" is kind of like a way to measure how much crust each slice has compared to the size of the slice.

Think of it like a fraction: the slice genus is the number on top (the amount of crust), divided by the number on bottom (the size of the slice). So if a slice has a lot of crust and is pretty small overall, the slice genus would be a big number. But if a slice has very little crust and is really big, the slice genus would be a small number.

Scientists use the slice genus to help them understand different shapes and surfaces in math and science. It might seem like a weird thing to study, but it can actually be really helpful in things like designing buildings or figuring out how fluids move through pipes!