Monday, October 22, 2007

Turning a Sphere Inside Out

Ever wanted to see what it looks like when a sphere gets turned inside out, or simply know what is meant when people talk about turning closed surfaces (like a sphere) inside out? Hat tip to Scott Aaronson for this video:

As it turns out, I actually recognize several of the intermediate steps (for a few of the algorithms they show) as neat-o sculptures that often show up near math departments.

1 comment:

Katherine Lai said...

That is so awesome. And distracting. I'm totally not getting any work done today. It's fun things like this that make me remember why academia is a lot more fun than industry.