About This Site
This web site is written as an Msc thesis of Dori Eldar, under the supervision of Dr. Dror Bar-Natan. The work is intended to introduce Topology to a wide range of audience. By the use of informal language and interactive Java Applets, material which may even be unfamiliar to the intermediate mathematician, is made accessible to the curious individual. The importance of this work lies not in the results conjectured but rather in the road taken; Sampling few assets of the web as a media between mathematicians and the regular community. Harnessing the simplicity of the Java language to visually interpret mathematical concepts and its wide accessibility to reach wide audiences.
This work is in progress This work is still in progress. You can send feedback to me at:dori.eldar@intel.com or to my instructor at:drorbn@math.huji.ac.il. |
The Java applets in this site require a Java 1.1 enabled browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 4-5 or Netscape Communicator 4.5 (excluding Macintosh systems).
If a blank area appears in place of the applet, reloading the page may solve this problem.
You can freeze applets in this site by clicking on the running frames. Click again to unfreeze applets.
If you want to learn how to insert Java in your web pages, a good place to start is Sun's: Java Online tutorial.
About related web sites
The Geometry Center: Contains pictorial, literal and software materials concerning Geometry and Topology.
Cinderella: You will find here many interactive examples of geometrical facts using Java Applets. Including example of a Mechanical Linkage.
Cut-The-Knot: More Applets introducing mathematical facts. Including an interactive applet of the Peaculier Linkage.