Conway's ZIP Proof

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsGeorge K. FrancisGEORGE FRANCIS is professor of mathematics, professor in the Campus Honors Program, and senior research scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Francis received his BSmcl from Notre Dame in 1958, an A.M. from Harvard in 1960, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1967. His research fields are descriptive topology, geometrical computer graphics, and immersive virtual environments. A Topological Picturebook of Francis' drawings by hand and computer has been translated into Japanese and Russian.Jeffrey R. WeeksJEFF WEEKS is an independent consultant living in Canton, NY. He has an A.B. from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, both in mathematics, and splits his time among research, education, and his family. Nominally a topologist and geometer, he has recently fallen in with a group of cosmologists hoping to determine the global topology of the universe from the cosmic microwave background radiation.