Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 2 11G c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
In the Klein fundamental square from part (b), the following straight lines project to the required closed geodesics:this is the one-sided horizontal core, and cutting along it leaves a Möbius strip.
Finally takeIts endpoints differ by the deck translation , so it is closed. The parameters and represent the same Klein-bottle point through an odd- glide reflection, and no other interior pair does. Thus its image has exactly one transverse self-intersection. This is the flat Klein-bottle geodesic model.