An untwisted band is the topological surface obtained from a rectangle by identifying with . It is the Cartesian product of a circle and a closed interval, and is homeomorphic to a closed annulus. A finite portion of the lateral surface of a circular cylinder realizes it in three-dimensional space. Its two boundary circles are and , and the matching seam directions make it an orientable surface. The Möbius band changes just one identification sign and loses both this two-component boundary and its orientability.

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