Cutting one sheet of paper . . . May 1, 2008
Posted by Alexandre Borovik in Uncategorized.trackback
Peter McBurney sent me a link to works by Danish artist Peter Callesen. He added:
I wonder if anyone has developed a mathematical theory of this work, to determine, for example, which cut-out shapes are possible or impossible. Presumably, there would be a link from such a theory to the math. theory of origami.
Yes, of course there is a mathematical theory of Origami. It’s quite beautiful.
Google for Erik Demaine and Robert Lang.
In particular, any “polygon with holes” can be obtained from a sheet of paper with a series of folds and one cut.
[...] in it. Apparently, conservation laws are not valid in this world, at least not at this scale. from Mathematics under microscope. [...]