1stQ@feddit.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago"Moebius strip"feddit.orgimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down18
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minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·5 days agoWhatever that is, it isn’t a Mobius strip. This has two twists.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 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-up3·4 days agoWait, really? I thought intertwined rings was the first thing you got. But I haven’t thought about this for a few decades.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoHere’s a video: https://youtube.com/shorts/KfbCbYSebW0 Apparently if you cut it just once, off to one side instead of along the centerline, you then get intertwined strips right away. Things are weird: https://youtube.com/shorts/QmrIPBavH8o
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoDouble the twists, half the surface area
Whatever that is, it isn’t a Mobius strip. This has two twists.
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.
Here’s a video: https://youtube.com/shorts/KfbCbYSebW0
Apparently if you cut it just once, off to one side instead of along the centerline, you then get intertwined strips right away. Things are weird: https://youtube.com/shorts/QmrIPBavH8o
Double the twists, half the surface area