Plot Device: Envy Pentagon
A story trope recast as a math object: Envy Pentagon.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-11-04-mathematical-plot-devices--plot-device-envy-pentagon/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Envy Pentagon: five professional rivals seethe with mutual jealousy. (Post: nothing requires in-degree to equal out-degree.)