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« on: January 27, 2008, 01:26:38 AM »

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Re: impossibottle
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2008, 08:00:34 AM »
That's nothing. This is much more interesting:



It's called a Klein Bottle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle
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Re: impossibottle
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2008, 10:29:27 AM »
That's nothing. This is much more interesting:



It's called a Klein Bottle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle

I know about them it is the three dimentional version of a Moibus strip. Its surface is continuous such that the inner and outer surfac is the same surface .
Looks like you could cork it and have a containment though.

Moibus strips are fun if you mark a centerline on it the line will be continuous on both sides of the paper , if you cut the centerline it turns into a single strip of paper in a loop that is no longer moibus.

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Re: impossibottle
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2008, 02:49:47 AM »