Thursday, September 8, 2011

Visualization

A mobius strip laid out in a ring in three-dimensional space where gravity applies.  The strip is rotating around a z-axis.  Attached to the strip are dominoes.  Once you flick the first domino (and assuming the strip is rotating at a commensurate rate), the dominoes will flick off indefinitely.  As the dominoes come to the twist in the mobius strip, the dominoes that had been reset by gravity will resurface to the top of the strip.  Variations: Multiple twists in the mobius strip; multiple starting points at which dominoes fall.

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