Geometry


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Mobius Strips

Six centres of rotation so that each block moves to the position of its neighbour

Mobius.
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Mobius Animation
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A torus whose square cross-section is also rotated 90° around its own axis

Solid: 50% transparent: Alternate bands: Polygons rendered at 50% size:
Mobius
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Mobius
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Mobius
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Mobius
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Mobius Animation
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Mobius Animation
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Mobius Animation
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Mobius Animation
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Knots 31

Gears
Rotating gears inside a reflecting sphere.
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Gears Animation
Animation of the gears.
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Square Knot
Some simple pieces of wood …
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Square Knot 2
… which reduce to this.
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Knot 3.1
Rounded with a diamond pattern, also showing effects of Hermann Grid.
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Knot 3.1
Standard trefoil arrangement.
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Labyrinths & Mazes

'Rites-Of-Passage' Paths

Chartres Labyrinth Circular
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Labyrinth 12-sided
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7way Path
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7way Path
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Roman Design

Roman Labyrinth Circular
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Roman Labyrinth Square
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Freher's Paradoxical Emblems, #113
This one is different in that the path is on top of the walls rather than between them, and it isn't a true labyrinth as there are two directions to each successive inner level.

Freher Labyrinth
“There is no coming to the One with one jump, and none, without going about.”
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Freher Labyrinth Variation
My variation of the Freher, with maze-like dead-ends and a single path to the centre. It also works whether you go on the walls or between them.
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Edward Gorey's The Awdrey-Gore Legacy

Gorey Labyrinth
“The labyrinth at 3:27 after Miss Gentian had successfully found her way in and back.”
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Gorey Labyrinth
“The labyrinth at 4:09 when Harold Tyne-Forque gave up trying to reach its heart.”
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Sierpinski Objects

Squares

Sierpinski Square Iteration 1
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Sierpinski Square Iteration 2
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Sierpinski Square Iteration 3
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Sierpinski Square Iteration 4
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Sierpinski Square Iteration 5
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Sierpinski Square Animation
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Cubes

Sierpinski Cube Iteration 1
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Sierpinski Cube Iteration 2
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Sierpinski Cube Iteration 3
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Sierpinski Cube Iteration 4
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Sierpinski Cube Iteration 5
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Sierpinski Cube Animation
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Inverse Cubes

Sierpinski Cube Inverse Iteration 1
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Sierpinski Cube Inverse Iteration 2
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Sierpinski Cube Inverse Iteration 3
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Sierpinski Cube Inverse Iteration 4
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Sierpinski Cube Inverse Iteration 5
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Sierpinski Cube Inverse Animation
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Pyramids

Sierpinski Tetrahedron
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Sierpinski Pyramid
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Borromean Rings

Any single ring can pass through the loop of any other, as a pair, but all three remain as a knot : seen in X, Y, Z, and one angular view.

Borromean 1a Borromean 1b
Borromean 1c Borromean 1d

The rectangular version interlocks in such a way as to resemble a Chinese wooden puzzle, though in this case there is no solution.

Borromean 2a Borromean 2b
Borromean 2c Borromean 2d

Curious Solids

An object formed from the perpendicular intersection of three coloured cylinders : seen in X, Y, Z, and three angular views.

Cubic Sphere 1 Cubic Sphere 2 Cubic Sphere 3
Cubic Sphere 4 Cubic Sphere 5 Cubic Sphere 6

A rhombic dodechedron (rather than the familiar type made from regular pentagons) : seen in X, Y, Z, and three angular views.

Rhombic Dodecahedron 1 Rhombic Dodecahedron 2 Rhombic Dodecahedron 3
Rhombic Dodecahedron 4 Rhombic Dodecahedron 5 Rhombic Dodecahedron 6

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