hairy ball theorem
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (mathematics) A theorem stating that there is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on the sphere; colloquially, that "you can't comb a hairy ball flat without creating a cowlick".
Translations[edit]
theorem of algebraic topology
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See also[edit]
- vector fields on spheres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia