hairy ball theorem
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A theorem stating that there is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on the…
A theorem stating that there is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on the sphere; colloquially, that "you can't comb a hairy ball flat without creating a cowlick".
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