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Brill Trivia Question of the Month



January's Question
Monday, January 11, 2010


Welcome back! We hope you had a good break, we sure did.

Give these questions a try...

Each of these figures picture three interconnected rings (topological circles). The rings are inseparable -- none of the rings can be removed from the figure, except by breaking one of the rings. However, once any one of the rings is broken and removed, the remaining two are disjoined from each other as well.

1. What is this figure commonly called?
2. What Medieval Italian family used the symbol in their family crest?
3. This symbol has been used historically in the symbology of multiple religions. Name one example of its use as a religious symbol. -- OR -- The symbol has been used to describe a quantum mechanics problem/theorem. What is the problem? (Hint: a paper on this was released in the journal Science in December 2009, and got some mention in popular press.)

Answer these questions and submit your answers in person at the circulation desk, or by email to mulibrarytrivia@gmail.com.

Good luck!
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