Translation of Michael Sadowsky's paper "An elementary proof for the existence of a developable Möbius band and the attribution of the geometric problem to a variational problem"
arXiv:1408.3034 · doi:10.1007/s10659-014-9490-5
Abstract
This article is a translation of Michael Sadowsky's original paper "Ein elementarer Beweis für die Existenz eines abwickelbaren Möbiusschen Bandes und die Zurückführung des geometrischen Problems auf ein Variationsproblem." which appeared in Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, physikalisch-mathematische Klasse, 17. Juli 1930, Mitteilung vom 26. Juni, 412-415. Published on September 12, 1930.
5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in a special volume of the Journal of Elasticity entitled "The Mechanics of Ribbons and Möbius Bands", citations of this translation should refer also to Sadowsky's original paper, as cited in the Abstract