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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

There are geometrical objects called spinors which are basically vectors with a half spin. Interestingly, they were introduced before we realized they could describe spin of electron and other particles like it. Sometimes a purely theoretical mathematical concept suddenly turns out to be describing very real things.

[–] egerlach@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So quarks are möbius strips? Got it. 😛

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 hours ago

What you've got there is string theory