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Triple gear

History and Overview 2013-04-26 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

A relatively common sight in graphic designs is a planar arrangement of three gears in contact. However, since neighboring gears must rotate in opposite directions, none of the gears can move. We give a non-planar, and non-frozen, arrangement of three linked gears.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1304.6859,
  title  = {Triple gear},
  author = {Saul Schleimer and Henry Segerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6859},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

8 pages, 19 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of Bridges 2013

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