Problem. How to partition R^3 into pairwise non-parallel lines?

A possible solution is to stack infinitely many ``concentric'' hyperboloids, by increasing radius and decreasing slope. And don't forget the line on the $z$ axis at the center. The prototype hyperboloid looks like this.

I heard a talk to which I didn't understand a lot ; a solution was given using hopf fibration. I'm not familiar to these notions, and at the end it went like ``Tadaa! And here is our partition!''. The speaker could not describe what the partition looks like.

I would be very glad to: (1) understand the math he did (article, book?), (2) see what his solution looks like, and (3) know what kind of solutions exist.

Thanks in advance!

Problem. How to partition R^3 into pairwise non-parallel lines?

A possible solution is to stack infinitely many ``concentric'' hyperboloids, by increasing radius and decreasing slope. And don't forget the line on the $z$ axis at the center. The prototype hyperboloid looks like this.

I heard a talk to which I didn't understand a lot ; a solution was given using Hopf fibration. I'm not familiar to these notions, and at the end it went like ``Tadaa! And here is our partition!''. The speaker could not describe what the partition looks like.

I would be very glad to: (1) understand the math he did (article, book?), (2) see what his solution looks like, and (3) know what kind of solutions exist.

Thanks in advance!

Problem. How to partition the space with pairwise non-parallel lines?

A possible solution is to stack infinitely many ``concentric'' hyperboloids, by increasing radius and decreasing slope. And don't forget the line on the $z$ axis at the center. The prototype hyperboloid looks like this.

I heard a talk to which I didn't understand a lot ; a solution was given using hopf fibration. I'm not familiar to these notions, and at the end it went like ``Tadaa! And here is our partition!''. The speaker could not describe what the partition looks like.

I would be very glad to: (1) understand the math he did (article, book?), (2) see what his solution looks like, and (3) know what kind of solutions exist.

Thanks in advance!

Problem. How to partition R^3 into pairwise non-parallel lines?

A possible solution is to stack infinitely many ``concentric'' hyperboloids, by increasing radius and decreasing slope. And don't forget the line on the $z$ axis at the center. The prototype hyperboloid looks like this.

I heard a talk to which I didn't understand a lot ; a solution was given using hopf fibration. I'm not familiar to these notions, and at the end it went like ``Tadaa! And here is our partition!''. The speaker could not describe what the partition looks like.

I would be very glad to: (1) understand the math he did (article, book?), (2) see what his solution looks like, and (3) know what kind of solutions exist.

Thanks in advance!