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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Smale's Paradox
Want to learn how to turn a sphere inside out without poking a hole through the middle?



Here is the longer, 21-minute version titled "Outside In."

I've been obsessing over this for the past week or so. Maya says I may have a problem.

More interesting geometry:



It gets you thinking about what, exactly, is the difference between "inside" and "outside" if there are no distinct areas represented in one object.

How to make one:



In other news, I had two interviews today. They went pretty well, minus a comment in one interview that I was "excited to teach Korea in English." Mon dieu.

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