Foam fragments of the hyperbolic plane, formed from straight flat strips of foam. Differently spaced teeth on the sides of the strips force them to curve at a steady rate: any surface with equally spaced curves that are turning at a steady rate must have constant negative curvature. What is up with the Hilbert Embedding Theorem anyway?
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Eugene Sargent and I enjoying the first WIUWTHET at the 2018 Gathering For GardnerWIUWTHET on a woven PVC star, at the NY Mathematics Festival, 2022WIUWTHET flat packs!WIUWTHET at the Math Circus, UA Honors College, 2021A piece of paper hyperbolic planeSome hyperbolic planeWIUWTHET at the Math Circus, UA Honors College, 2021WIUWTHET at MoMath’s 2018 NY Mathematics Festivalthe first WIUWTHET at the 2018 Gathering For Gardner
Tags: hyperbolic geometry, negative curvature, public participation art, sculpture
