Code Number: 8C20.10

Demo Title: Klein Bottle

Condition: Good

Principle: One Edged Surfaces

Area of Study: Cosmology

Equipment: Full and cut Klein Bottles.

Procedure:

Trace the outline of the Klein bottle and see that it is a single surface.

References:

Thomas B. Greenslade, "Tantalus' Cup", AJP, Vol. 71, No. 1, January 2003, p. 45.
Sankar Das Sarma, Michael Freedman, and Chetan Nayak, "Topological Quantum Computation", Physics Today, July 2006, p. 32.
Arthur Ramirez, Brian Skinner, "Dawn of the Topological Age?", Physics Today, Vol. 73, #9, Sept. 2020, p. 30.
Caroline Delbert, "Two Methematicians Just Solved a Century-Old Geometry Problem", Popular Mechanics, Nov./Dec. 2020, p. 32.
Mark Frauenfelder, "Portal Paper", Mad Professor - Concoct Extremely Weird Science Projects, ISBN 0-8118-3554-5, p. 74.

Klein Bottle

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