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The umbilic bracelet and the double-cusp catastrophe

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  • Catastrophe Theory
  • Circle Group
  • Cusped Edge
  • Mobius Strip
  • Double Cusp

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Zeeman, E.C. (1976). The umbilic bracelet and the double-cusp catastrophe. In: Hilton, P. (eds) Structural Stability, the Theory of Catastrophes, and Applications in the Sciences. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0077854

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