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By John Montroll

This e-book unravels the secret of Geometry in Origami with a distinct procedure: sixty four Polyhedra designs, every one made of a unmarried sq. sheet of paper, no cuts, no glue; each one polyhedron the biggest attainable from the beginning measurement of sq. and every having an inventive locking mechanism to carry its form.

the writer covers the 5 Platonic solids (cube, tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron). There are considerable diversifications with varied colour styles and sunken aspects. Dipyramids and Dimpled Dipyramids, unexplored sooner than this in Origami, also are coated. There are a complete of sixty four versions within the publication. all of the designs have a fascinating glance and a satisfying folding series and are in keeping with certain mathematical equations

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1− a 1+ a Edge Method for Dividing the Square into n 2 Parts In this method, locate a key point on the left edge. Make a fold using the key point, and divisions are found on the left and right edges. Example: Divide into 25ths. We begin with the square root of 25, which is 5. Find two numbers whose sum is 5 and one of the numbers is the greatest power of 2 less than 5. That power of 2 is 4. So one number is 4, and the other is 1. Make a fraction of the two numbers. This would be 1/4. Find height 1/4 on the left edge.

Because the triangles are similar, 1− a 1− b b = c 1− b 1− a a= . 1− b 1+ b a . Label segments and angles. And solving for b, Since c = (1− b ) / 2, 1− b = 1− a = = α c so 2 1− a b β (1+ b)a = 1− b a + ab + b = 1 b(a + 1) = 1− a 1− a b= . 1+ a 2b 2 1− b 2b(1− b) 2 1− b 2b(1− b) 1− b α 1− a b β α c β 2 Since c = (1− b )/2 and 1− a b= 1+ a then, after some calculation, 2a c= . (1+ a)2 (1− b)(1+ b) 2b = , 1+ b a α 1− b β c α β 1− a b 3. Given b, find d. b 1 b 2 4 3 c a d Given landmark b, fold the lower right corner to b.

Opposite sides are divided into 2/25 and 8/25. Edge method for dividing the square into n 2 parts. Given n2, find a T and a B so n = aT + aB where aB = 2m is the largest power of 2 < n. n2 = 25 then a B = 4, a T = 1. n2 = 81 then a B = 8, a T = 1. Example: 1 2 a Find the location of a = aT /aB on the left edge. Bring the lower right corner to the top edge and the bottom edge to the left crease. 3 4 c c= d= d Unfold. 2a (1+ a) 2 2a2 (1+ a) 2 Derivation of the edge method. 1. Given b, find c. b 1 b 2 c Given landmark b, fold the lower right corner to b.

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