I managed to peel my honeybell as an unbroken strip. Connecting the start with the end “with a twist” and voilà: a Möbius strip! [Yes; I know I’m weird…]
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
@exposure4u Thank you, Wendy!! Always happy to help people laugh. I think we laugh way too infrequently! @melaniek Thank you, Melanie! Möbius strips are such simple constructions, but they have the capacity, I think, to make us ponder deeply!
March 27th, 2011
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we try this at home too
it is safe to do and even to have children try!! :)
Wow! Who knew my fit of whimsy would generate so many positive comments! Thank you, all. Maybe there's some creative hope for the applied-mathematician after all!
@melaniek Thank you, Melanie! Möbius strips are such simple constructions, but they have the capacity, I think, to make us ponder deeply!