Fix a Wobbly Table (with Math)

Fix your wobbly table with just a small tweak - but why does this work?

Reddit discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/comments/2dvp3m/an_end_to_wobbly_tables_just_trust_the_mathematics/

Featuring Matthias Kreck from the University of Bonn.

Animation: Knut Johannes Håland at http://kittyninjafish.deviantart.com

Brown papers and production art: http://bit.ly/brownpapers

Professor Kreck points out that he was describing the intermediate value theorem, not mean value theorem.

A technical paper on this topic: http://arxiv.org/pdf/math-ph/0510065v6.pdf

Music: Alan Stewart - https://www.youtube.com/AlanKey86