Klein bottle, 1995

Made:
1995 in Greenfield
maker:
Alan Bennett
and
Alan Bennett
and
Three Klein bottles set inside each other sharing a common loop Three Klein bottles set inside each other sharing a common loop

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Three Klein bottles set inside each other sharing a common loop
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Three Klein bottles set inside each other sharing a common loop
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Three Klein bottles set inside each other sharing a common loop, when cut this gives a pair of single -twist Mobius strips and is related to the five-layered spheres.

A single surface model made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. It consists of three Klein bottles set inside each other sharing a common loop. When cut this gives a pair of single-twist Mobius strips. A Klein bottle has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1996-546
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
overall: 125 mm x 110 mm x 65 mm, 65 mm, 0.266 kg
type:
single surface model
credit:
Bennett, Alan