In March, Amanda presented a Math For Everyone Talk at the University of Notre Dame. As part of the advertising for this event, Amanda also created a mathematical origami exhibit in the Notre Dame Mathematics Library which was displayed during most of the spring semester. It is impossible to use a straight-edge and compass to trisect an arbitrary angle. However, this feat can be accomplished by folding paper. During this talk, we will discover and prove many origami theorems, analyze Huzita's origami axioms, and fold a theoretically impossible hyperbolic paraboloid using a single sheet of paper with no cuts.
Date: Mar 8, 2012
South Bend, IN
