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Complete Definition of "Klein bottle"

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Etymology
Named after German mathematician w:Felix Klein|Felix Klein (1849-1925) who first described such a surface in 1882. "bottle|Bottle" seems to have come from a misreading or mistranslate|mistranslation of German Fläche as Flasche (the latter meaning bottle).
Noun
en-noun

  1. topology A two-dimensional enclosed surface which doesn't have a distinct "inside" and "outside" (in a similar way that a Möbius strip has only one side).

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Hungarian: Klein kancsó

Category:English eponyms

ru:Klein bottle

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