Möbius Strips Before Möbius: Topological Hints in Ancient Representations

2016/05/10 by Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Diego L. González · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Neuroscience · #Algebra over a field #Art, Technology, and Culture #Class (philosophy) #History of Medicine Studies #Listing (finance) #Möbius strip #Neurology and Historical Studies #STRIPS #Topology (electrical circuits) #math.HO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s00283-016-9631-8

published as The Mathematical Intelligencer, June 2016, Volume 38, Issue 2, pp 69-76

openalex publication_date 2016/05/10 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv created 2016/09/25 · arxiv updated 2016/09/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

August Möbius discovered his eponymous strip --- also found almost contemporaneously by Johann Listing --- in 1858, so a pre-1858 Möbius band would be an interesting object. It turns out there were lots of them.

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