Touching the Z2 in Three-Dimensional Rotations
Vesna Stojanoska, Orlin Stoytchev
Abstract
A simple and self-contained proof is presented of the well-known fact that the fundamental group of SO(3) is Z2, using a relationship between closed paths in SO(3) and braids.
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