Möbius strip

Mobius strip Moebius strip English thumb|right|250 px|Möbius strip. Alternative forms en Mobius strip en Moebius strip Etymology Named after August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), one of two German mathematicians—the other being Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882)—who independently discovered the strip at the same time (1858). Pronunciation en /ˈmɜː.bi.əs stɹɪp/<a:UK> /ˈməʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/ en /ˈmoʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Möbius strip.wav US Noun en topology A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface. en Surfaces en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture 8 Like a mind moving on a Möbius strip of events, one's consciousness goes over the same territory again and again without ever becoming aware of the nature of awareness. 1991, Theoni Pappas, More Joy of Mathematics, Wide World Publishing, page 117, B. F. Goodrich Co. has a patent for a Möbius strip conveyor belt. It lasts longer since the wear and tear is spread uniformly over the entire surface. en 1992 Speculations in Science and Technology, Volume 15 Elsevier Sequoia https://books.google.com.au/books?id=j_dPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22M%C3%B6bius+strip%22%7C%22M%C3%B6bius+strips%22&dq=%22M%C3%B6bius+strip%22%7C%22M%C3%B6bius+strips%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj23cDax5PvAhWdTTABHfr_A-IQ6AEwR3oECB0QAg 221 A geometrical model of electron (positron) structure is presented based upon an object of two linked loops obtained by cutting a Möbius strip asymmetrically. en Patrick McGuinness Who's afraid of Marcel Proust? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10456997/Whos-afraid-of-Marcel-Proust.html The Daily Telegraph (Review) 16 November 2013 R20 Proust's novel grew and deepened into over 3,000 pages of everything and nothing: a Möbius strip of profundity twisting into mundanity, mundanity twisting into profundity. https://web.archive.org/web/20251221144240/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10456997/Whos-afraid-of-Marcel-Proust.html 21 December 2025 Synonyms en Möbius band, en Möbius loop en twisted cylinder rare Related terms en Möbius group en Möbius scarf Translations one-sided surface Bulgarian: bg лист на Мьобиус m Catalan: ca cinta de Möbius f, ca banda de Möbius f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 莫比烏斯帶 Mòbǐwūsī dài., cmn 莫比烏斯環 Mòbǐwūsī huán Czech: cs Möbiova páska f Danish: da möbiusbånd n Dutch: nl Möbiusband m Finnish: fi Möbiuksen nauha French: fr ruban de Möbius m Galician: gl banda de Möbius f German: de Möbiusband n Hebrew: he טבעת מביוס f Hungarian: hu Möbius-szalag Icelandic: is Möbíusarræma f Ido: io Mobius-strio Indonesian: id pita Möbius Interlingua: ia banda de Möbius Irish: ga stiall Möbius f Italian: it nastro di Möbius m Japanese: ja メビウスの帯 mebiusu no obi Korean: ko 뫼비우스의 띠 Latin: la moebii taenia f Luxembourgish: lb Möbiusschläif Norwegian: no möbius’ bånd n Polish: pl wstęga Möbiusa f Portuguese: pt fita de Möbius f Russian: ru лист Мёбиуса m, ru ле́нта Мёбиуса f Serbo-Croatian: sh мебијусова трака f Slovene: sl Möbiusov trak m Spanish: es banda de Möbius f, es cinta de Möbius f Swedish: sv Möbiusband n Ukrainian: uk стрічка Мебіуса f Vietnamese: vi mặt Mobius narrow strip given a half twist Catalan: ca cinta de Möbius f, ca banda de Möbius f Danish: da möbiusbånd n Finnish: fi Möbiuksen nauha German: de Möbiusband n Polish: pl wstęga Möbiusa f Russian: ru лист Мёбиуса m, ru ле́нта Мёбиуса f Swedish: sv Möbiusband n Turkish: tr Möbius şeridi Vietnamese: vi dải Mobius Arabic: ar شَرِيط مُوبِيُوس m šarīṭ mōbiyus Esperanto: eo rubando de Möbius Estonian: et möbiuse leht Frisian: West Frisian: fy möbiusbân Slovak: sk Möbiova páska f, sk Möbiov list Thai: th แถบโมเบียส tàep mohbìat Turkish: tr möbius şeridi Welsh: cy stribyn Möbius See also en projective plane en cross-cap mul ♻ en nonorientable Further reading Mathworld article on the Möbius strip en eponyms