From: David DeLaney on
Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote:
>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any
>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight.
>
>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to
>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle?

It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck.

Dave
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From: Peter Webb on

"David DeLaney" <dbd(a)gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote in message
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> Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM>
> wrote:
>>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any
>>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight.
>>
>>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to
>>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle?
>
> It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck.
>

A very one-sided opinion.


From: R H Draney on
David DeLaney filted:
>
>Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote:
>>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any
>>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight.
>>
>>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to
>>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle?
>
>It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck.

Maybe you should check that statement with *Mrs* Klein....r


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From: Chuck Riggs on
On 10 Mar 2010 00:22:05 -0800, R H Draney <dadoctah(a)spamcop.net>
wrote:

>David DeLaney filted:
>>
>>Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote:
>>>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any
>>>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight.
>>>
>>>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to
>>>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle?
>>
>>It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck.
>
>Maybe you should check that statement with *Mrs* Klein....r

No can do. She's in another dimension.
--

Regards,

Chuck Riggs,
An American who lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE

From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard on
>
>>>
>>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and
>>> any scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight.
>>>
>> So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due
>> to gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle?
>>
> It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck.
>
Here are four more interesting questions: Given the stated premise that
Klein bottles "contain everything", for a bottle with a finite radius of
cross-section (say 1 metre), what is the mean density of its contents?
How big does such a Klein bottle need to be before its surface is
outside of its event horizon? What about outside of its Schwarzschild
radius? Would such a Klein bottle be considered rotating or non-rotating?