A Conversation for The Amazing Mobius Strip

Why two strips of paper?

Post 1

Lloyd

"simply take two rectangular strips of paper"

You only need one.

Should that actually read:

"simply take the two ends of a rectangular strip of paper"

or something similar?

Lloyd


Aaaaaaaarggghhh!!

Post 2

Livzy


Used to do this at school.

Drove me bonkers then too!!

Well done for a really frustrating article to help while away a few hours/days/weeks!!

Good work, Mobius strip fella!


Aaaaaaaarggghhh!!

Post 3

Lintilla

We used to do it in school as well and I always loved it. I was surprised you didn't write more about Mobius.

I really enjoyed the artical and just had to say...nice work.smiley - smiley


Why two strips of paper?

Post 4

jqr

I loved the article. The Mobius strip is one of my favorite things. smiley - smiley


Why two strips of paper?

Post 5

jim

Why did the ant cross the Mobius strip?

To get to the same side!


Why two strips of paper?

Post 6

Captain Jim

You are absolutely right - only one strip is required. But it's not my fault - it seems the article was edited after I submitted it, obviously by someone a little less mathematically observant. What it origionally said was to "take the product of two intervals" which was probably a bit cryptic - too mathematical for most people.
Thanks for pointing it out though - I'll try to contact the guy who edited it.


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