Origamics: Mathematical Explorations Through Paper Folding

The art of origami, or paper folding, is carried out using a square piece of paper to obtain attractive figures of animals, flowers or other familiar figures. This book considers origami an object of mathematical exploration. It provides a useful, alternative approach for reinforcing and applying the theorems of high school mathematics.

List of contents

A Point Opens the Door to Origamics; New Folds Bring Out New Theorems; Extension of the Haga's Theorems to Silver Ratio Rectangles; X-Lines with Lots of Surprises; A"IntrasquaresA" and A"ExtrasquaresA"; A Petal Pattern from Hexagons?; Heptagon Regions Exist?; A Wonder of Eleven Stars; Where to Go and Whom to Meet; Inspiration of Rectangular Paper.

Product details

• Authors: Josefina C. Fonacier, Kazuo Haga, Masami Isoda
• Assisted by: Josefina C. Fonacier (Translation), Masami Isoda (Translation)
• Publisher: World Scientific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)