##  [Self-Intersecting Surface](/self-intersecting-surface) 

  ##  [Self-Intersecting Surface](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/self-intersecting-surface-0) 

  

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Definition

A two-dimensional surface (image of a map from a domain in R^2) whose image intersects itself so that points in ambient space have multiple distinct preimages on the parameter domain, producing local loci where the surface is not embedded.