Klein bottles, 1995

Klein bottles, 1995

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Single surface models made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. Three toroid single surface vessels, one with the loop inside the torus, one with a narrow loop outside and one with a wider loop outside. All can be cut to produce 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:
1996-548
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
Part 1: 50 x 80 x 70 mm
Part 3: 63 x 46 mm
Part 2: 30 x 75 mm
type:
single surface model
credit:
Bennett, Alan