Möbius strip
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A one-sided, non-orientable surface formed from a strip with a half-twist.
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Möbius strip
- Topology
A Möbius strip, also called a Möbius band or Möbius loop, is a surface formed by joining the ends of a strip of paper with a half-twist. It was discovered in 1858 by Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius, although it had appeared earlier in Roman mosaics. A Möbius strip has one side and one boundary curve, and is non-orientable, so clockwise and counterclockwise cannot be consistently distinguished within it.
- Discovery
- Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius, 1858
- Surface type
- Non-orientable surface
- Boundary
- A single boundary curve
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Möbius strip (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q226843
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By David Benbennick. CC BY-SA 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsDavid Benbennick, Möbius strip.jpgModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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