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Not Topologically

2015

A dress-code enforcer is foiled when the wearer points out that a sleeveless shirt is topologically the same as a sleeved one.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-not-topologically/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "That sleeveless shirt violates our dress code!"

B: "Not topologically."

A: "Curses!"

Topics
Advanced Math › TopologyGeometry › Topology › Homeomorphism
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