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Origami and Math

Posted by michael on from the finally-a-real-world-use-for-geometry-class dept.

TheBoostedBrain writes "I found a nice site that explains a little bit about the math in Origami. Origami is one of my favorite hobbies, but I never thought about it being related to science."

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  1. Everything can be related to math. by localghost · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sometimes you just have to be creative. Math is everywhere.

    1. Re:Everything can be related to math. by tokaok · · Score: 2, Insightful

      u dont need and, not, or, just use NOR xor NAND like the hole IC industry does

  2. This would make learning a little more fun... by dWhisper · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wish I would have seen something like this when I was going through school. Geometry was my weakest subject, which made visualizing things in Calc and absolute pain. That in turn hurt me in physics when trying to derive motion calculations.

    And all of that together eventually turned me into a Information Systems/Business major, because it didn't require math.

  3. Kawasaki's Theorem by jkramar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    as stated in the article is wrong. Try it - just fold a paper twice in random angles so that the creases meet. The angles will not add up to 180. The author forgot to indicate that n must be odd.

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