Topology Explains Why Automobile Sunshades Fold Oddly
Geometric Topology
2012-05-23 v1
Abstract
We use braids and linking number to explain why automobile shades fold into an odd number of loops.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.4797,
title = {Topology Explains Why Automobile Sunshades Fold Oddly},
author = {Curtis Feist and Ramin Naimi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4797},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
8 pages, 9 figures