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Boy Surface, stripes version 3d printed

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Boy Surface, stripes version 3d printed
Boy Surface, stripes version 3d printed

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Boy Surface, stripes version

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This so-called Boy surface represents a fascinating example of a non-orientable surface. 
A Boy surface is an immersion of the real projective plane into three-space. The first such surface was constructed by Werner Boy in his dissertation. David Hilbert had given him the task to show that such a surface could not exist, but then he constructed one.
The version used in the math model is via a parametrization by Robert Bryant, several decades later. We used the stripes because this is quite natural from the equation.
The stripes are closed on top by a filled circle which contains a small hole in the center; this hole may be used to hang the object from the ceiling (or from a christmas tree ;-)).
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BoySurface Bryant 24stripes 58mm Bin
Dimensions:
5.71 x 5.73 x 5.39 cm
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2.25 x 2.26 x 2.12 inches
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Mature audiences only.
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