ABSTRACT

When it comes to mathematics, paper isn't just for pen and pencil any more! Origami, the art and science of paper folding, can be used to explain concepts and solve problems in mathematics-and not just in the field of geometry. The origami activities collected here also relate to topics in calculus, abstract algebra, discrete mathematics, topology,

chapter |14 pages

Activity 4 Folding a Parabola

chapter |14 pages

Activity 6 Solving Cubic Equations

chapter |8 pages

Activity 7 Folding Strips into Knots

chapter |18 pages

Activity 8 Haga’s “Origamics”

chapter |10 pages

Activity 9 Folding a Butterfly Bomb

chapter |8 pages

Activity 10 Business Card Modulars

chapter |14 pages

Activity 11 Five Intersecting Tetrahedra

chapter |14 pages

Activity 12 Making Origami Buckyballs

chapter |12 pages

Activity 13 Making Origami Tori

chapter |8 pages

Activity 14 Modular Menger Sponge

chapter |14 pages

Activity 16 Exploring Flat Vertex Folds

chapter |8 pages

Activity 17 Impossible Crease Patterns

chapter |6 pages

Activity 18 Folding a Square Twist