Re: I Think I Just Broke a Glass into an Infinite Number of Pieces

mimus wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 13:21:00 +0100, Frederick Williams wrote:
> 
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>I think Klein bottles cheat with that penetration business-- tearing is
a
>>>no-no in algebraic topology, 
>>
>>That's true: there is no such thing as tearing in algebraic geometry.
> 
> I guess when you try to stuff one too many dimensions into something you
> get a tear.
> 
> Something new to brood about.
> 
The extra dimensions give you places to put stuff.  An extra term or
two in the tensor is no biggy.

In any case, n-kleenex membrane transformations make tearing 
inconsequential.

-- 
nuts