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Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra. Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra (Fall 2010) Prof.
Erik Demaine [Home] [Problem Sets] [Project] [Lectures] [Problem Session Notes] Overview the algorithms behind building TRANSFORMERS and designing ORIGAMI Whenever you have a physical object to be reconfigured, geometric folding often comes into play. We will organize an optional problem-solving session, during which we can jointly try to solve open problems in folding. Class projects more generally can take the form of folding-inspired sculptures; formulations of clean, new open problems; implementations of existing algorithms; or well-written descriptions of one or more papers in the area.
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It has been approved by the American Institute of Mathematics' Open Textbook Initiative. Also see the Mathematical Association of America Math DL review (of the 1st edition), and the Amazon reviews. The second edition is identical to the first edition, except some mistakes have been corrected, new exercises have been added, and Chapter 13 has been extended. (The Cantor-Bernstein-Schröeder theorem has been added.) The two editions can be used interchangeably, except for the last few pages of Chapter 13.
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