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Klein bottle [′klīn ‚bäd·əl] (mathematics) The nonorientable surface having only one side with no inside or outside; it resembles a bottle pulled into itself. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In addition to Taimina's hyperbolic planes and a Lorenz surface crocheted by Yackel, the exhibit featured Mobius strips, which are twisted rings that have only one side, and Klein bottles, which are closed surfaces that have no inside. Ferguson's dusty basement studio is filled with the results of his dialogues between materials and mathematical theorems -- sculpted geometrical forms that go by exotic names: Klein bottles, trefoil knots, cross-caps, horned spheres and tori. |
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