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When Spheres Go 'Wild'

August 4th, 2010

Did you know that math has pathological phenomena? A sphere that is behaving particularly badly can grow horns.

The demo of the Alexander Horned Sphere was created by Michael Rogers, associate professor of math at Emory's Oxford College, for the Wolfram Demonstrations Project.

Click here to see more of Rogers' interactive visualizations, that can be downloaded for free.

Provided by Emory University

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