Abstract
Few mathematicians have never meditated on Maurits Escher’s magnificent “Waterfall”. This print convincingly depicts an over and undershot waterwheel perpetually driven by a closed stream. The water flows from the base of the wheel down a zigzag millrace which is supported by two towers, and spills from it again, two stories above the wheel.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Francis, G.K. (2007). The Impossible Tribar. In: A Topological Picturebook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68120-7_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68120-7_4
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-34542-0
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-68120-7
eBook Packages: Mathematics and StatisticsMathematics and Statistics (R0)