HEART OF MATHEMATICS
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 7MS
Human trefoil. What is the minimum number of people you need to make a human trefoil knot? Get some close friends and try it. Draw a diagram showing the human knot.
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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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