What’s the point of a Möbius strip? Other than being a cool shape, why/how is it important and what does it help us understand?
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dont think of mathematical things having a point, think of them as having properties.
these properties define them. the mobius strip is a shape that has only 1 face, and 1 edge. It just exists whether it is useful or not.
A physical mobius strip is just a cool thing, but the properties of a mobius strip pop up everywhere. for example, the votes in a fair election mathematically make a mobius strip, but the outcome is a circle, and the properties of a mobius strip wont let you make it a circle, so a fair voting system is mathematically impossible https://youtu.be/v5ev-RAg7Xs
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