Möbius strip unravelled
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:31 am
Mathematicians solve 75-year-old mystery of infinite loop's shape.
Discovered independently by two German mathematicians in 1858 — but named after just one of them — the Möbius strip has beguiled artists, illuminated science lessons and stubbornly resisted definition.
Until now, that is. Starostin and his colleague Gert van der Heijden, both of University College London, have solved a conundrum that has perplexed mathematicians for more than 75 years — how to predict what three-dimensional form a Möbius strip will take.
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