Möbius strips before Möbius: topological hints in ancient representations

DOI10.1007/S00283-016-9631-8MaRDI QIDQ317018zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Diego L. González

Publication date 30 September 2016

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.07779

zbMATH Keywords

Roman mosaicMöbius strip

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

Abstract: August M"obius discovered his eponymous strip --- also found almost contemporaneously by Johann Listing --- in 1858, so a pre-1858 M"obius band would be an interesting object. It turns out there were lots of them.

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