MathXplosion

That's So Twisted

Eric is tangled up with what seems to be a never-ending challenge. How will he make a set of linking rings from one strip of paper? This episode explores a "twist" on the standard Mobius strip - a piece of paper with a 1/2 twist and one surface. We take a regular Mobius strip and divide it into thirds. As we cut the twisty strip lengthwise into three pieces, something magic happens, we get three interlocked rings and none of them have a twist! It's an instant paper chain!