From: Robert Comer 

That makes sense.

- Bob Comer


Gregg N wrote:
> Robert Comer wrote:
>
>> >Fundamentally however a
>> > loop has width and height 2 dimensions not one.
>>
>> Think of a twist in both the x and y axis on a mobius strip and you
>> pretty much get a 1 dimensional object, (length and width infinite...)
>>
> A M”ebius strip is a single-sided surface which, by definition, has two
> degrees of freedom, not one. In order to locate a point on the strip you
> would have to specify two numbers (relative to an origin). The length
> and width are not infinite. If you trace along the strip you will
> eventually return to your starting point (obviously). What is
> interesting and counter-intuitive is its single-sidedness.
>
> The wikipedia article is pretty good:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip
>
> Gregg

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