roman surface

Questions

What does roman surface mean?

A self-intersecting mapping of the real projective plane into three-dimensional space, with an unusually high degree of symmetry.

Where does roman surface come from?

So called because it was discovered by Jakob Steiner when he was in Rome in 1844.

How to pronounce roman surface

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