Paper cutting (ConceptTopic, 4)
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Revision as of 20:08, 31 August 2008
This page documents the results cutting a twisted loop of paper through the middle of the strip.
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- A 0-twist (hose) goes to two separate 0-twists:
- A 1-twist (Möbius strip) goes to a long 2-twist:
- A 2-twist goes to two linked together 2-twists:
- A 3-twist goes to a long 8-twist containing a trefoil knot:
- A 4-twist goes to two linked together 4-twists:
- A 5-twist goes to a long 12-twist containing a knot with five crossings:
- A 6-twist goes to two linked together 6-twists:
General rule
We can deduce that, when n > 1, cutting an n-twist will produce a single strip with n crossings and 2(n+1) twists if n is odd, or two linked strips each with n twists if n is even.
Cutting in thirds
It is easy to see that cutting a loop into thirds rather than in half would be the same as above for an even number of twists. Therefore, the following concerns only loops with odd numbers of twists.
- A 1-twist goes to a short 1-twist linked to a long 4-twist:
- A 3-twist goes to a short 3-twist linked to a long 8-twist containing a trefoil knot:
(There are more crossings between the two loops than shown above)