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The weird world of one-sided objects

  • Written by David Gunderman, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado
A Mobius strip.cosma/shutterstock.com

You have most likely encountered one-sided objects hundreds of times in your daily life – like the universal symbol for recycling, found printed on the backs of aluminum cans and plastic bottles.

This mathematical object is called a Mobius strip. It has fascinated environmentalists, artists, engineers,...

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