Regular homotopies in the plane. No. 2 (TEFC)

Episode of Series “Geometry”.
Uses computer-generated animation in order to illustrate the Whitney-Graustein theorem - two regular curves in the plane are regularly homotopic if, and only if, they have the same rotation number.

Credits

director

William Hansard

production company

International Film Bureau

Language

English

Duration

00:18:28:00

Colour

Production places

United States

Production dates

1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

31072

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Computer animation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Computer graphics

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Geometry - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mathematics - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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