Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Möbius Currency

June 20, 2017

A spinning coin shaped like a Möbius strip, which has only one side, so a coin toss always lands on the same face.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-20-m-bius-currency/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Coin, shaped like a Möbius strip, inscribed "IN TOPOLOGY WE TRUST" and "2017"]

[Caption] "The currency of Möbius gave a distinct advantage to whoever got to call the coin flip."

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Geometry › TopologyGeometry › SurfacesProbability › Basic ProbabilityMathematicians & Scientists › August Möbius
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