Timeline for Introduction to Topology for 11 year olds
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| Jul 5, 2015 at 12:46 | comment | added | Jeremy Judge | Excellent ideas Opal, thank you! I second Joseph in liking the balloon idea - I have seen balloons that are cubes when deflated and then become spheres when inflated - good illustration of smooth deformation. Knot theory would be a great starting point - you are right. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 12:24 | comment | added | Steven Gubkin | Some games really are played on compact surfaces. I think space invaders is a torus? I think I recall another similar game being played in RP^2 or the Klein bottle. It would be neat to have a collection of games classified in this way. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 12:00 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | Using balloons is a nice idea. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 6:29 | history | answered | Opal E | CC BY-SA 3.0 |