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amichelen
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Another Illusion

06/13/2005 10:15 AM

Interesting picture sent by Mr. Paddy Flannigan. Here you have one the most famous "illusions". This is the Moebius Strip, a "three dimensional" figure with only one edge and only one surface. It does not have an interior or/and exterior surface. This one of the most intriguing topological figures:
Mobius Strip
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Neat stuff

06/13/2005 11:23 AM

This was the focus of our Challenge Question on April 26th.

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Illusions

06/13/2005 1:56 PM

I thought a mobius strip was a mathematical paradox and not an illusion? The other ones are just optical illusions meant to trick the way the brain interprets visual data. (A biological hack)

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