Started on 18:14 on this video(problem 1), A professor mentioned he could make a topological object with a single piece of paper and without glue, how are you able to make it? By the way, how does that have to do with the theory of topology. link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap2c1dPyIVo&feature=related
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$\begingroup$ @mixedmath - i have no idea how to do it. $\endgroup$– VictorApr 7, 2012 at 1:31
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$\begingroup$ but have you tried? He tells you that you make exactly 2 cuts, and you fold the paper, and that's all. $\endgroup$– davidlowryduda ♦Apr 7, 2012 at 1:34
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$\begingroup$ @mixedmath - i missed the part you mention me in the video, but after i tried i still not getting it. $\endgroup$– VictorApr 7, 2012 at 1:41
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2$\begingroup$ Actually, I think you need 3 cuts. $\endgroup$– Dejan GovcApr 7, 2012 at 2:19
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$\begingroup$ @DejanGovc - How? $\endgroup$– VictorApr 7, 2012 at 2:26
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This is an oldie but goodie. Cut along the indicated three lines. Fold one of the dotted lines one way, and the second one in the reverse direction.
answered Apr 7, 2012 at 2:32
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$\begingroup$ +1 for excellent answer, but how does that relate to the course of topology? $\endgroup$– VictorApr 7, 2012 at 2:46
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$\begingroup$ @Victor: Well, once you make the three cuts you get a topological space homeomorphic to a disk. The folds don't matter from the topological perspective. Not sure what point Wildberger was trying to make with this. $\endgroup$ Apr 7, 2012 at 2:48
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$\begingroup$ @t.b. yours is a mirror image of mine. Perhaps that counts as a different answer. :) $\endgroup$ Apr 7, 2012 at 2:49
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2$\begingroup$ maybe :) @Victor: I see the point of the exercise on a much more basic level than Jim: in my opinion spatial imagination and intuition is one of the very crucial prerequisites for doing (algebraic) topology and all sorts of other math. Train it, look at knots, for example. $\endgroup$– t.b.Apr 7, 2012 at 2:56
