Today's tidbit is about something in mathematics called the "Hairy Ball Theorem." No, it's not what you are thinking about, but yes, it does apply to what you are thinking about.
April 4 is the birthday of the mathematician Hopf, who is known for a result called the Poincare-Hopf Theorem, an example of which is the hairy ball theorem. It says that if you have a hairy ball (like a really fuzzy tennis ball) and you try to comb it flat, you will always leave a cowlick or tuft of hair at one end; you cannot have all the hairs lay flat.
April 4 is the birthday of the mathematician Hopf, who is known for a result called the Poincare-Hopf Theorem, an example of which is the hairy ball theorem. It says that if you have a hairy ball (like a really fuzzy tennis ball) and you try to comb it flat, you will always leave a cowlick or tuft of hair at one end; you cannot have all the hairs lay flat.
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