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#9892 - 11/07/00 05:46 AM Re: orientation and geometry
old hand
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I read a book on topology many years ago in the school library and was fascinated by the Mobius strip and the Klein bottle. I believe there is a glass-blower who sells 'Klein bottles' over the 'net, if you're interested. Of course, since he can't twist them in the fourth dimension, they're not 'actual' Klein bottles, but the closest thing you'll get to a bottle without an inside.
The shape that interests me most, topologically, is the torus - it seems to be capable of doing anything, and fitting into just about any sphere of scientific experimentation...
cheer
the sunshine warrior
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#9893 - 11/07/00 11:21 AM
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: lower upstate New York
http://www.illusionworks.com/html/tesseract.html
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#9894 - 11/07/00 12:20 PM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
Looks like there are more mathematicians on this site than former English students.
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#9895 - 11/07/00 12:23 PM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
We can count up uses of "momentarily" versus "disorientate" - the loser gets the hot lard treatment that Father Steve is cooking up over there in sunny Seattle.
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#9896 - 11/07/00 01:05 PM
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As someone whose idea of advanced mathematics was using a PC to add instead of a calculator, I have to say that the statement above seems very true. It's also one of the nicest things about this board. With my lifelong indifference toward maths, I have always admired Lewis Carroll for being both a mathematician and a wordsmith. Then I stumbled across this place, and discovered that the combination is by no means as rare as I had thought. Thanks to all the renaissance beings who have shown that a love of science and of language are not mutually exclusive.
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#9897 - 11/07/00 01:25 PM
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I'm trying to think of someone who has admitted to the latter..._________________________
joe friday
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#9898 - 11/07/00 04:11 PM
old hand
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#9899 - 11/07/00 04:32 PM
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
You went to a college for elves??
No wonder your thoughts are so magical!
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#9900 - 11/07/00 04:47 PM
Pooh-Bah
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#9901 - 11/07/00 05:52 PM
old hand
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I'm trying to think of someone who has admitted to the latter...
Does current English student count?
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