What is August Ferdinand Möbius?
[[File:August Ferdinand Möbius.jpg|thumb]] [[File:Möbius strip.jpg|thumb|A [[Möbius strip]] or Möbius band is a topological object that only has one side. It is named after August Ferdinand Möbius]] '''August Ferdinand Möbius''' (17 November 1790 - 26 September 1868) was a [[Germany|German]] [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]], who taught at the [[University of Leipzig]]. He wrote several articles on [[geometry]] and astronomy. He introduced concepts such as [[homogeneous coordinates]], or that of Duality in [[Projective Geometry]]. He is also seen as one of the fathers of [[topology]], in which his most famous creation is the [[Möbius strip]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Möbius, August Ferdinand}} [[Category:1790 births]] [[Category:1868 deaths]] [[Category:German geometers]] [[Category:Topologists]] {{stub}}