August Ferdinand Möbius
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He is best known for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It was independently discovered by Johann Benedict Listing around the same time. Möbius was the first to introduce homogeneous coordinates into projective geometry. Möbius transformations, important in projective geometry, are not to be confused with the Möbius transform of number theory, which also bears his name. His interest was also in number theory, and the important Möbius function μ(n) and the Möbius inversion formula are named after him.
Möbius studied under Carl Friedrich Gauss. He was a descendant of Martin Luther.
The character of Johann Wilhelm Möbius - a particular scientist who tries to evade his own inventions by pretending to be insane - in Dürrenmatt's satiric drama The Physicists is named after him. So is the asteroid 28516 Möbius. There is a tribute to him in , in the form on the deathmatch map dm_mobius. He also plays a pivotal part in the Necroscope book series.
References:
- Möbius Aromaticity and Delocalization
External links
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. [] at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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