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Hairy Ball Theorem (en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by greekanalyst 221 days ago
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This article has one of my favorite concatenations of jargon into a single sentence:

    In this regard, it follows that for any compact regular 2-dimensional manifold with non-zero Euler characteristic, any continuous tangent vector field has at least one zero.
Those are all words most people recognize, but without experience in topology, it is completely incomprehensible.