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The real projective plane is a nonorientable surface , for it is possible to move a small oriented circle around a closed curve on the surface in such a way that in the end it comes back with the opposite orientation. All models that are discussed in this chapter represent closed surfaces in Euclidean three-space that are homeomorphic to IR P2.
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Pinkall, U. (2017). Models of the Real Projective Plane. In: Fischer, G. (eds) Mathematical Models. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18865-8_13
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