“Need a zero-volume bottle? Searching for a one-sided surface? Want the ultimate in nonorientability?”
One way to depict a Klein bottle. Computer-generated image by John Sullivan, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJoining the top and bottom of this rectangle produces a cylinder. Matching the arrows of the remaining two sides produces a Klein bottle.
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