The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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ISBN: 9781118156599
Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 10MS
Three twists (H). Take a strip of paper, put three half twists in it, and glue the ends together. Cut it lengthwise along the center core line. What do you get? Find an interesting object hidden in all that tangle.
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The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
Ch. 5.1 - Describing distortion. What does it mean to say...Ch. 5.1 - Your last sheet. Youre in your bathroom reading...Ch. 5.1 - Rubber polygons. Find a large rubber band and...Ch. 5.1 - Out, out red spot. Remove the red spot from the...Ch. 5.1 - That theta (S). Does there exist a pair of points...Ch. 5.1 - Your ABCs (H). Consider the following letters made...Ch. 5.1 - Half dollar and a straw. Suppose we drill a hole...Ch. 5.1 - Drop them. Is it possible to take off your...Ch. 5.1 - Coffee and doughnuts (H). Is a standard coffee mug...Ch. 5.1 - Lasting ties. Tie a thin rope around a friends...
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Imagine you have a Möbius...Ch. 5.2 - Tubing (H). Suppose we take two Möbius bands and...Ch. 5.2 - Bug out (ExH). Suppose you are a ladybug on the...Ch. 5.2 - Open cider. Consider the Klein bottle half filled...Ch. 5.2 - Rubber Klein (S). Suppose you have a rectangular...Ch. 5.2 - One edge. Using the method on page 347 for...Ch. 5.2 - Twist of fate (S). Using the edge-identification...Ch. 5.2 - Linked together. Using the edge-identification...Ch. 5.2 - Count twists. Using the edge-identification...Ch. 5.2 - Dont cross. Can you draw a curve that does not...Ch. 5.2 - Twisted up (H). Suppose you are given a band of...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 32MSCh. 5.2 - Find a band. Find a Möbius band on the surface of...Ch. 5.2 - Holy Klein. Show that the figure on the left is...Ch. 5.2 - Möbius Möbius. Show that the Klein bottle is two...Ch. 5.2 - Attaching tubes. Consider a Möbius band with two...Ch. 5.2 - Möbius map (H). Using felt-tip color pens that...Ch. 5.2 - Thick slices. Thicken a Môbius band and then...Ch. 5.2 - Bagel slices. If we take a bagel and slice it in...Ch. 5.2 - Gluing and cutting. Consider a rectangular sheet...Ch. 5.2 - Here we celebrate the power of algebra as a...Ch. 5.2 - Here we celebrate the power of algebra as a...Ch. 5.2 - Here we celebrate the power of algebra as a...Ch. 5.2 - Here we celebrate the power of algebra as a...Ch. 5.2 - Here we celebrate the power of algebra as a...Ch. 5.3 - Knotty start. Which of the followign knots are...Ch. 5.3 - The not knot. What is the unknot?Ch. 5.3 - Crossing count. Count the crossings in each knot...Ch. 5.3 - Tangled up. Is the figure below a knot or a link?Ch. 5.3 - Ringing endorsement. What are the Borromean rings?Ch. 5.3 - Human trefoil. What is the minimum number of...Ch. 5.3 - Human figure eight. What is the minimum number of...Ch. 5.3 - Stick number (ExH). What is the smallest number...Ch. 5.3 - More Möbius. Make a Möbius band with three half...Ch. 5.3 - Slinky (H). Take a Slinky, lengthen one of its...Ch. 5.3 - More slink. Take a Slinky, and this time weave an...Ch. 5.3 - Make it. Use a piece of string or an extenstion...Ch. 5.3 - Knotted (S). Take an unknotted loop. Tie a knot in...Ch. 5.3 - Slip. Take an unknotted loop and put a slip knot...Ch. 5.3 - Dollar link. Take two paper clips and a dollar and...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 18MSCh. 5.3 - Unknotting knots (H). In each of the two knots at...Ch. 5.3 - Alternating. A picture of a knot is alternating...Ch. 5.3 - Making it alternating. Consider the knot on the...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 22MSCh. 5.3 - One cross (H). Prove that any loop with exactly...Ch. 5.3 - Two loops (S). Is there a picture of two linked...Ch. 5.3 - Hold the phone. Disconnect the wire from the phone...Ch. 5.3 - More unknotting knots. In these two knots, find...Ch. 5.3 - Unknotting pictures (S). Suppose you are given a...Ch. 5.3 - Twisted. Suppose we are given a figure consisting...Ch. 5.3 - More alternating. First reread Mindscape 20. 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Youre making an open-faced cheese...Ch. 5.4 - Fixed flapjacks. Youre making pancakes and...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 4MSCh. 5.4 - Loop around. What does the Hot Loop Theorem...Ch. 5.4 - Fixed on a square. Does the Brouwer Fixed Point...Ch. 5.4 - Fixed on a circle. Does the Brouwer Fixed Point...Ch. 5.4 - Winding arrows. In each drawing below we have a...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 10MSCh. 5.4 - Prob. 11MSCh. 5.4 - Home heating (H). Prove that there are two points...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 13MSCh. 5.4 - Prob. 14MSCh. 5.4 - Prob. 15MSCh. 5.4 - Lining up (H). Suppose we have two line segments...Ch. 5.4 - A nice temp. Must there be two antipodal points on...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 18MSCh. 5.4 - Diet drill. Suppose someone weighs 160 lbs. and...Ch. 5.4 - Speedy (S). You enter a tollway and are given a...Ch. 5.4 - The cut core. Suppose we have the red and blue...Ch. 5.4 - Fixed without boundary. Do you think that the...Ch. 5.4 - Take a hike (ExH). 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