what is topology useful for?

Question:

damao987

2006-02-21 15:52:16 UTC

what is topology useful for?

Three answers:

wheezer_april_4th_1966

2006-02-21 15:54:31 UTC

Maybe it aids the police:

>>The definition of topology leads to the following mathematical joke (Renteln and Dundes 2005):

Q: What is a topologist? A: Someone who cannot distinguish between a doughnut and a coffee cup.<<

zuriel

2006-02-21 23:59:20 UTC

Earths surface- Cadavers?????

Professor Beatz

2006-02-22 00:01:01 UTC

-Astrophysics in the vicinity of high-mass bobies that curve spacetime a great deal

-Optimization algorithms in computer science

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