Klein bottle, 1995.

Klein bottle, 1995. Klein bottle, 1995.

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Three columns of three Klein bottles interconnected, which when cut form three pairs of single-twist Mobius strips, one of each pair being separate, the other of each pair being interconnected

A single surface glass vessel made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. It consists of three columns of three Klein bottles interconnected, which when cut form three pairs of single-twist Mobuis strips, one of each pair being seperate, the other of each pair being interconnected. A Klein bottle is a surface which has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1996-542
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
overall: 135 mm x 145 mm x 130 mm, 0.324 kg
type:
single surface model
credit:
Bennett, Alan