Klein Bottles - Numberphile
What it is
Numberphile interviews Cliff Stoll about Klein bottles, the one-sided surfaces with no inside or outside. Stoll explains them with characteristic enthusiasm and shows off his collection.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN likes it for Cliff Stoll's infectious passion for topology, and it gets linked in threads about him and about Mobius strips.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2015, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“This guys passion for Mobius Strips is infectious.”
Cliff Stoll's infectious passion for Mobius strips
baldfat, 2017-02 · Strong recommendation · in “The Hidden Twist to Making a Möbius Strip”
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Topics: cliff stoll, klein bottle, topology, numberphile
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