Origami Fractals: Folding Paper Infinitely Many Times
Please join Elizabeth Hankins '22 for a Math Appreciation Week special event, Origami Fractals: Folding Paper Infinitely Many Times.
Generally, mathematical origami is restricted to finitely many folds. When we allow for infinitely many folds, some of the foundational theorems of origami break down. Other theorems still hold, but their form is altered.
We will look at some of the bizarre phenomena that arise when we allow paper to be folded infinitely many times, and briefly discuss how to build a theory of origami that can handle infinite folds.
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