page_title: Möbius strip
hierarchical_section_title: Möbius strip
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of a green paper Möbius strip. David Benbennick took this photograph on March 14, 2005. For scale, the strip of paper is 11 inches long, the long edge of a U.S. standard piece of "letter size" paper. The background is a piece of white paper. The strip is held together by a piece of clear duct tape, behind the top-right curve. Català: Una fotografia d'una Cinta de Möbius de paper verd. En David Benbennick va fer la fotografia el 14 de març de 2005. La cinta fa 28&#160;cm de llargada, el costat llarg d'un full estàndard americà. El fons és un paper blanc. La cinta s'aguanta amb un tros de cinta adhesiva transparent, darrere la corba de dalt a la dreta. Español: Una cinta de Möbius construida con un trozo de papel y cinta adhesiva. Français&#160;: Un ruban de Möbius construit à partir d'une bande de papier (un ruban adhésif retient les deux bouts). Italiano: Un nastro di Möbius costruito con una striscia di carta e nastro adesivo.
context_page_description: The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a looped surface with only one side and only one edge. It can be made using a strip of paper by gluing the two ends together with a half-twist. The twisting is possible in two directions; so there are two different Möbius strips.
  The Mobius strip is known for its unusual properties. A bug crawling along the center line of the loop would go around twice before coming back to its starting point. Cutting along the center line of the loop creates one longer band, not two. Cutting one third of the way in from the edge produces another amusing result.
  The Möbius strip was discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858.
context_section_description: The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a looped surface with only one side and only one edge. It can be made using a strip of paper by gluing the two ends together with a half-twist. The twisting is possible in two directions; so there are two different (mirror-image) Möbius strips.
  The Mobius strip is known for its unusual properties. A bug crawling along the center line of the loop would go around twice before coming back to its starting point. Cutting along the center line of the loop creates one longer band, not two.  Cutting one third of the way in from the edge (and parallel to it) produces another amusing result.  
  The Möbius strip was discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858.
caption: A Möbius strip
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