Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
1961 · 2 min · ★ 6.7 · Animation
Short animated film commissioned by IBM - to illustrate Camille Jordan's concept of topology - the fact that a simple closed curve divides a plane into an inside and an outside.
Directed by Charles Eames
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