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From: jpriest@a.saner.side.of.neverland.gte.net (Khall)
Subject: Re: KLEIN BOTTLE.
Date: 1998/07/10
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Thanks to everybody, but as I said, I have seen one, on the back of my
high school mathmatics book, as a computer generated graphic. However
it's been...uhmmm *counting on his fingers* like 9 yrs so I couldn't
remember where it was. Or what it was. Much appreciation for all the
answers but this was resolved a week ago. 

K. 
who likes to keep the exposure of his ignorance to a minimum:P

On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 17:17:19 -0400, "C.C." <ccoyne@fas.harvard.edu>
wrote:

>
>>: I know this is a 'dumb' question...but what's a klein bottle? I've seen
>one
>>: before...but what are they used for?
>
>
>A Mobius strip is  a piece of paper with one side.  A klein bottle is a
>bottle in which the inside and outside are the same thing.
>
>Odds are you haven't seen one.  Just like it take us three dimensions to
>visualize a Mobius strip, it takes 4 dimensions to visualize a klein bottle
>(even though it is 3 dimensions.
>
>Someone correct me (nicely) if I'm wrong  .
>
>
>CC
>