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A Mobius Strip can be made from paper, but it only has one side, rather than two. A Klein Bottle is a container in which the outside surface is also the inside surface! What do knots, maps, mazes, driving directions and doughnuts have in common? The answer is topology, a branch of mathematics that studies the special properties and connections of objects.
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Mobius strip
August Mobius
Klein bottle
Felix Klein
Klein surface
Riemann surface
Topology
The Möbius Strip by
Traces the origins of the Möbius strip, a sense-defying continuous loop with only one side and one edge, from the mid-1800s to the present, exploring how it has been used in mathematics, magic, science, art, engineering, literature, and music.
TOPOLOGY
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