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Imaging maths - Inside the Klein bottle

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September 2003

Klein Bottle with Möbius Band

Animated Klein bottle

The Klein bottle is a non-orientable surface with no inside and no outside. Two Möbius bands lie on its surface along which one can continuous move from to both sides of the surface. The second Möbius band lies on the farther side, symmetric to the shown band.

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