A Möbius Strip is an astounding object that has one side and one edge. I’m not sure whether it’s correct to say a Möbius Strip is three-dimensional, but it certainly isn’t flat.
A quick-and-dirty photo of a home-made Möbius Strip.
Observe the marching ants shown in the following video animation and you should see the chartreuse Möbius Strip actually has only one side!
Make a Möbius Strip and run your finger all the way around the edge of the object and you might be amazed to see your finger ends up exactly where it started!
Way cool!
Related Resources
- The Mathematical Madness of Möbius Strips and Other One-Sided Objects
- Moebius Strip II 1963 Escher (0:38)
- How to Make a Möbius Strip, by Jennifer Crandall (0:58)
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