Albion College
Mathematics and Computer Science
COLLOQUIUM
The No-Sided Möbius Band
Robert Messer

Mathematics and Computer Science

Albion College

Wikipedia says, "The Möbius band is a surface with only one side and one edge." We will construct some Möbius bands and verify this observation. But is it possible for a Möbius band to have two sides? We will see that the number of sides of a geometric object is not an intrinsic property of the object but instead depends on the space around it. In 1946, Martin Gardner wrote a short story about topologists who folded themselves into no-sided Möbius bands. Where can we find one of these?
3:30 PM
All are welcome!
Palenske 227
March 2, 2017