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1979 22m Documentary

This video is about the problem of turning a sphere inside out, by passing the surface through itself, without making any holes or creases. Mathematicians believed the problem to be unsolvable until 1958, when Stephen Smale proved otherwise…

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About Turning a Sphere Inside Out

This video is about the problem of turning a sphere inside out, by passing the surface through itself, without making any holes or creases. Mathematicians believed the problem to be unsolvable until 1958, when Stephen Smale proved otherwise. The motion of turning a sphere inside out, called a regular homotopy, is extremely difficult to visualize. The homotopy in this film was developed by Bernard Morin, a blind mathematician. The motion is illustrated with a sequence of chicken-wire models, built by Charles Pugh, showing the crucial stages in the motion. Commentary is provided by mathematicians Nelson L. Max, Stephen Smale, and Charles Pugh, and by physicist Judith Bregmann.

Movie details

Release date
1979-01-01
Runtime
22m
Genres
Documentary
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Director
Nelson Max

Cast

Nelson Max
Nelson Max
Self
Stephen Smale
Stephen Smale
Self
Charles Pugh
Charles Pugh
Self
Judith Bregman
Judith Bregman
Self

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