The organizers of the Breckenridge snow sculpture championships in Colorado must be getting used to having a mathematical element in their annual competition.
A simple version of Enneper’s surface just before (above)
and just after (below) it self-intersects.
The award-winning snow sculpture of Enneper’s surface.
For the second year in a row, a team assembled by mathematician Stan Wagon of Macalester College in St.
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