Borromean and Brunnian rings

Name: Borromean and Brunnian rings
Uploaded: 2010-02-28T16:34:23+00:00
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Channel: Dusan Zivaljevic
Description: A short animation I made for a mathematical lecture. The animation shows how a rope can be tied in a knot around multiple horizontal bars in such a way, that while all of bars remain at their place the rope holds. But if any of the bars are removed, the rope falls.

A short animation I made for a mathematical lecture.  The animation shows how a rope can be tied in a knot around multiple horizontal bars in such a way, that while all of bars remain at their place the rope holds. But if any of the bars are removed, the rope falls.