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arxiv: 1609.07779 · v1 · pith:FF22ZEYEnew · submitted 2016-09-25 · 🧮 math.HO

M\"obius strips before M\"obius: Topological hints in ancient representations

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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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