Trapped
2200 AD The Universe Existing in a Bottle
A boundary to the universe
A limit to the significance of man
Trapped
Part I of VII
Speculation 2200 A.D.: A new dilemma arises and we finally understand we are nothing but a bug in a bottle. We fall into despair and depression for we can find no way out. We find the limit, the walls containing our universe, and realize our own significance is limited.
Mathematics is the cutting edge of science, the universal language used to describe and define our universe. It is a learned way of thinking that has finally earned the respect it has so long deserved. Mathematics turns out to be universal to all life forms throughout the reality we travel.
Topology is a field of mathematics that started by defining a plane, a piece of paper, with only one side. One can paint the inside and outside surface of a ring of paper made by gluing two ends of a strip of paper together. Once painting the inside of the ring red, one can then paint the outside of the ring green. If, however, one puts a single twist in the paper before gluing the ends together, one obtains what is known in topology as a Mobius strip. The ring has only one side and can only be painted one color, since if one puts a paint brush on any point and paints the total surface, one will, without picking up the paper and turning it over, end up with all surfaces painted red because the ring now only has one side. Thus, a two sided ring becomes a one sided ring. This leads to a startling concept regarding humanity, the universe, and eternity.
To be continued: Part II of VII: Topological mathematics developed the Klein bottle in the 1900’s, a three dimensional bottle in three dimensional space that only...