Möbius strips before Möbius: Topological hints in ancient representations
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.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2016
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- arXiv:
- arXiv:1609.07779
- Bibcode:
- 2016arXiv160907779C
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - History and Overview
- E-Print:
- The Mathematical Intelligencer, June 2016, Volume 38, Issue 2, pp 69-76