Mobius Strip Bagel

By Jill Harness in Everything Else on Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 pm

bagel0

George W. Hart has brought us a milestone in breakfast-related math feats, the mobius strip bagel. Directions for making your own are on the link. The author says these are superior to regular bagels for non-math-related reasons as well.

It is much more fun to put cream cheese on these bagels than on an ordinary bagel. In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area.

Link Via Popurls

Tags: bagels, Food, math, Möbius strip

Neat stuff from the NeatoShop:

John Farrier
Dec 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Gah! Beat me to it, Jill. As soon as I saw this bagel, I immediately pulled up Neatorama.
Jill Harness
Dec 8th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
If it helps any John, you’ve scooped me a few times.
Gauldar
Dec 8th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Good thing it’s a bagel and not toast, if that was ever to find itself in a struggle to find itself butter side down… who knows what catastrophe could happen.
Nathan Burney
Dec 8th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Well, that’s not really a Mobius. To see how some sculptors have actually tried to cut a torus into a mobius, check out http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/PAPERS/Banff05_SplitTori.pdf
DaMamaJama
Dec 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
K, cute, but how about a Klein bottle challah?

Keep track of the comments with

Comment RSS

Lijit Search

The latest from NeatoBambino: