Klein bottle, 1995

Made:
1995 in Greenfield
maker:
Alan Bennett
and
Alan Bennett
and
Toroid Klein bottle with disguised pierce which when cut Toroid Klein bottle with disguised pierce which when cut

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Toroid Klein bottle with disguised pierce which when cut
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Toroid Klein bottle with disguised pierce which when cut
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Toroid Klein bottle with disguised pierce which when cut produces a pair of single-twist Mobius strips.

A single surface model made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. It is a toroid Klein bottle with disguised pierce which when cut produces a pair of single-twist Mobius strips. A Klein bottle has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1996-547
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
overall: 90 mm x 120 mm x 90 mm, 90 mm, 0.088 kg
type:
single surface model
credit:
Bennett, Alan