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Interlinked loops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

G. C. Shephard
G. C. Shephard*
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Many problems in topology are easy to state, but some are extremely difficult to solve. And even if they are easy, they may have surprising solutions. For example, take a tyre inner tube, that is, a toroidal surface with a hole (for the valve!). Can one turn it inside out? The answer is ‘yes’ but if one actually carries out this procedure the result is entirely unexpected.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 90 , Issue 518 , July 2006 , pp. 249 - 252
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2006

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1. Cundy, H. M. and Rollett, A. P. Mathematical Models (2nd edn.), Oxford University Press (1961), Chapter 2.Google Scholar