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