| Title: | The No-Sided Möbius Band |
| Speaker: | Robert Messer Mathematics and Computer Science Albion College Albion, Michigan |
| Abstract: | 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? |
| Location: | Palenske 227 |
| Date: | 3/2/2017 |
| Time: | 3:30 PM |
@abstract{MCS:Colloquium:RobertMesser:2017:3:2,
author = "{Robert Messer}",
title = "{The No-Sided Möbius Band}",
address = "{Albion College Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium}",
month = "{2 March}",
year = "{2017}"
}