Oldstench wrote in message ...
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>>Except it's not a real Klein bottle, since POV doesn't work in 4
dimensions.
>>Hmmm, anyone care to do a patch? ;-)
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>>Tim
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>Oldstench is confused...I modeled the mug just as it was shown on the
>web-site, didn't know I was supposed to be modeling a 4th dimensional
>object.


AIUI, a Klein bottle is a 4 dimensional object. What they have on that site
is a 3-dimesional projection of a Klein bottle (Think of trying to draw a
mobius strip on 2D paper). It's as close as you can get in a 3D world, and
it is still a damn fine mug.

Tim
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