• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 days ago

    I’ve seen this meme a couple times in my life, and never understood what “non-orientable” means. The word seems to imply the shape can’t be oriented, i.e. rotated in space, which a klein bottle certainly could be right?

    Can somebody explain?

    • drolex@sopuli.xyz
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      8 days ago

      If you follow the surface with your finger, starting from the outside, you can end up on the inside, without traversing the surface. There is only one surface, no concept of outside or inside, contrary to a good old cube for instance.

      Similar to a Moebius strip but with a higher dimension. A MS is easier to understand since you can easily make one to try to run your finger on the surface and end up anywhere.