6 Dec 2022

The mathematics of origami

From Nights, 9:30 pm on 6 December 2022
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Dillon Mayhew, Associate Professor from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Te Heranga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington joins us once again to talk mathematics. 

This week, the discipline of origami or paper folding has received a considerable amount of mathematical study. Fields of interest include a given paper model's flat-foldability and the use of paper folds to solve up-to cubic mathematical equations. 

Pink paper origami bird

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