Coffee Mug to Donut

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A topologist is a mathematician who can't tell the difference between a coffee mug and a donut—both are surfaces of genus 1. This Demonstration shows a continuous deformation—known as a homeomorphism—of a coffee mug into a donut, then back to a coffee mug.
Contributed by: S. M. Blinder (March 2011)
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"Coffee Mug to Donut"
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Published: March 7 2011