The mobius strip of glassware. Make sure to check out the Klein Bottle Hat "for the zero-volume head."
Posted by karik at February 7, 2004 2:28 PM | TrackBackIt's nice to know that not only are they geometrical marvels, they also make an inferior mousetrap . . . "Build an inferior mousetrap, and the world will beat a path . . .away?!? . . . from your door."
Actually, I had a friend who was obsessed with painting Klein bottles. If I still knew where she lived, I'd send her one.
I wish they sold a mini-klein for around five dollars. For the zero-volume wallet.
Kari,
Serendipty that I came across the Klein bottle entry via your comments on stretching at Anne Galloway's Pursed Lips Square Jaw
http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/2003_11_01_blogger_archives.php#107021248612011479
Is a Klein bottle a good image of time invested in stretching? Time folded in on itself to give more time to the body?
Bibliographic Note: Ivars Peterson, Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art (New York: John Wiley, 2001) has some wonderful descripitons and depictions
of the work of Helaman Ferguson including some Klein bottles rendered in stone.
That looks like a great reference, Francois--many thanks.
I'm delighted to see the mighty Klein bottle receiving some coverage!
cf. a line from a poem called "Logarithm":
The pearl has rolled into the Klein bottle;
she cannot get out, but will make it her home.