1stQ@feddit.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago"Moebius strip"feddit.orgimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1image"Moebius strip"feddit.org1stQ@feddit.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhatever that is, it isn’t a Mobius strip. This has two twists.
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoDouble the twists, half the surface area
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThis is what you get if you cut a Möbius strip along its length. And if you were to cut it again now, you’d get two intertwined rings.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWait, really? I thought intertwined rings was the first thing you got. But I haven’t thought about this for a few decades.
Whatever that is, it isn’t a Mobius strip. This has two twists.
Double the twists, half the surface area
It’s a Twöbius strip
This is what you get if you cut a Möbius strip along its length. And if you were to cut it again now, you’d get two intertwined rings.
Wait, really? I thought intertwined rings was the first thing you got.
But I haven’t thought about this for a few decades.