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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧵🌐 The hairy ball #theorem says you can’t comb a #sphere smooth without a cowlick somewhere.
The same rule explains why #Earth always has a #cyclone spinning, why #fusion reactors use #doughnut shapes, and why omnidirectional antennas can’t exist. #Wind patterns over the #Arctic and #Antarctic circles illustrate the proof.
👉 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-maths-hairy-ball-theorem-could-explain-bad-hair-days/
#topology #math #weather #hurricane #nuclearfusion #tokamak #plasma #science #hair