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  Re: 7-'sided' Mobius-ring  
From: Zeger Knaepen
Date: 12 Aug 2000 10:09:05
Message: <39955a81@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote:
> : And since 7 is a prime number, it will always have 1 side unless it is
> : twisted by a multiple of 360..
>
>   And this holds for every prime number.
>
>   Now, this is an interesting idea: Get a really big prime number and make
> a moebius which cross-section has that many sides. It will look like it
has
> lots of sides and still it will have only one (unless you twist by a
multiple
> of 360...).
Actually, I think it will look like an ordinary torus :-)

ZK
http://www.povplace.be.tf


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