An object attached to strings can spin continuously without becoming tangled • Note that after a 360° rotation the spiral is reversed, but after 720° it returns to its original state (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Belt_Trick.ogv …)pic.twitter.com/0ZqOpyGA1t
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More generally, an object with 𝑛 strings attached can spin continuously without tangling • In the limit 𝑛→∞, we see that a piece of solid continuous space can rotate in place like this without tearing or intersecting itself (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antitwister.ogv …)pic.twitter.com/1s4coVJuu0
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Replying to @InertialObservr
Could something like this be a representation of spin-1/2 particles? In Geometric Algebra, a fermion wave function contains a rotor, and this can be used to rotate "something". Now this something could be a part of the space surrounding the point particle.
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Replying to @s_lelli
Yes absolutely, they are described by the same mathematics. This is how the orientation of the electrons spin is rotated
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the thing to keep in mind though is that we are not actually rotating an electron in space
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