IUSB Mini University: Mathematical Origami

Explore the connection between math and origami! Use classic origami bases to create birds, fish, reptiles, and other animals. Construct an expanding pinwheel and build intricate origami polyhedra. Try your hand at inventing your own origami designs. Learn how math has revolutionized origami by extending the creative reach of folders.

Dates: Jul 10, 2006 – Jul 14, 2006
Indiana University South Bend

• Syllabus
• Flat Folding Conjectures
• Kite Base
• Waterbomb Base
• Inside and Outside Reverse Folds
• The One-Cut Theorem
• Fish Base
• Bird Base
• Rabbit-ear Technique
• Wet-folding Technique
• Angles in Regular Polygons
• Magic Pinwheel
• Sonobe Cubes
• Discovering Platonic Solids
• Other Sonobe Polyhedra
• PHiZZ Modules
• Curvature in PHiZZ Constructions
• Building a Dodecahedron
• Simple Animals and Action Toys