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What would you like to know about your universe?

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Andy Green is gearing up to break the land speed record in his rocket powered car Bloodhound SSC

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September 2009
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Möbius strip

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Is the Universe finite, with an edge, or infinite, with no edges? Or is it even stranger: finite but with no edges? It sounds far-fetched but the mathematical theory of topology makes it possible, and nobody yet knows the truth. Janna Levin tells us more.

Tags: cosmology : compact universe : connectedness : Möbius strip : klein bottle : tiling : curvature


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Lucinda Mathews visualises tricky surfaces

Tags: Möbius strip : klein bottle : permutation : hyperbolic geometry : topology


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Mathematics illustrates the forefront of visualising science

Tags: Möbius strip : klein bottle : mathematics and art : hyperbolic geometry : visualisation : elliptic geometry


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Mathematicians solve the famous loop's mystery

Tags: Möbius strip : topology : orientability