Klein bottle, 1995
- Made:
- 1995-1996 in Greenfield
- maker:
- Alan Bennett
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Parallel sided coil with one piercing of the return tube which when theoretically cut gives a pair of 15- twist Mobius strips.
A single surface model made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. It consists of a parallel sided coil with one piercing of the return tube which when theoretically cut gives a pair of 15-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:
- 1996-552
- Materials:
- glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 33 mm x 100 mm x 35 mm, 0.042 kg
- type:
- single surface model
- credit:
- Bennett, Alan
