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Mathematics: First-ever image of a flat torus in 3-D |
April 28, 2012
Just as a terrestrial globe cannot be flattened without distorting the distances, it seemed impossible to visualize abstract mathematical objects called flat tori in ordinary three-dimensional space. However, a team of mathematicians and computer scientists has succeeded in constructing and visually representing an image of a flat torus in three-dimensional space. This is a smooth fractal, halfway between fractals and ordinary surfaces.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120425094348.htm
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