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by trampi 2790 days ago
as far as I can tell: no, it does not seem to be a Mobius.

Edit: They did change the image. In the last image, they showed a metal surface which wrapped two times and had not the properties of a mobius strip.

Edit 2: found it, the old image was this stock image: https://www.istockphoto.com/de/foto/moebius-streifen-in-meta...
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coldtea 2789 days ago
>Edit: They did change the image. In the last image, they showed a metal surface which wrapped two times and had not the properties of a mobius strip.

This is still a single-sided surface though (with the 2 twists).

Wikipedia: "the Möbius strip can also be formed by twisting the strip an odd number of times greater than one"

Not sure about needing to be "odd", I think 2 qualifies as well, so perhaps odd or even AND prime does it...

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jackcarter 2789 days ago
No, it has two sides. Pick a side and trace it with your finger - you'll never get to the other side.

(I'm talking about this image, from the second edit: https://www.istockphoto.com/de/foto/moebius-streifen-in-meta... )

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