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Animations for "Mixing surfaces, algebra, and geometry"

   

Figure 3. Left: a 3-pronged taffy puller; right: a 4-pronged taffy puller

Bonus Figure. The 3-pronged taffy puller

Figure 4. The effect of the 3-pronged taffy puller on a piece of taffy

Figure 5, right: squooshing a curve to a labeled train track

Figure 6. A train track labeled by variables and its image under the 3-pronged taffy puller

Figure 7. A curve on a taffy puller, its image, and a train track

Bonus Figure. A train track labeled by variables and its image under the 4-pronged taffy puller