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[–] JonnyRobbie@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

is that the one with dialogue commentary, which got completely deranged as it went on?

[–] the_beber@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] zipsglacier@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I don't think that really narrows it down, but this is certainly one of the math animations of all time!

[–] NotMVD@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 month ago

Yep. That one.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"pass through itself" does seem like cheating to me.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you watch the whole video, it's really cool.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's true. I actually watched both versions

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mathematics are so beautiful, intuitive, logical, you look at geometry and something feels right as if the Universe itself is an harmonious flow of beauty...

...and then they invented infinities and topology and stacking squares and whatever cursed abomination allows you to recreate a second sphere by taking pieces of one sphere and rotating it and cakes you can fill with finite filling but not frost and this gif

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

whatever cursed abomination allows you to recreate a second sphere by taking pieces of one sphere and rotating it

A friend of mine told me a story about a mathematics professor saying something to the effect of "if you haven't heard of the Axiom of Choice, you're gonna want a beer first."

[–] zipsglacier@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

This animation and explanation is really good!! The studio, which is guess was new at the time, was called Pixar. According to the credits, one of the animators there shares a last name with one of the mathematicians who developed this method (Thurston).

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Not a physical material but a "surface".