Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Flexagons – A beginning thread
- 2 Another thread – 1-period paper-folding
- 3 More paper-folding threads – 2-period paper-folding
- 4 A number-theory thread – Folding numbers, a number trick, and some tidbits
- 5 The polyhedron thread – Building some polyhedra and defining a regular polyhedron
- 6 Constructing dipyramids and rotating rings from straight strips of triangles
- 7 Continuing the paper-folding and number-theory threads
- 8 A geometry and algebra thread – Constructing, and using, Jennifer's puzzle
- 9 A polyhedral geometry thread – Constructing braided Platonic solids and other woven polyhedra
- 10 Combinatorial and symmetry threads
- 11 Some golden threads – Constructing more dodecahedra
- 12 More combinatorial threads – Collapsoids
- 13 Group theory – The faces of the trihexaflexagon
- 14 Combinatorial and group-theoretical threads – Extended face planes of the Platonic solids
- 15 A historical thread – Involving the Euler characteristic, Descartes' total angular defect, and Pólya's dream
- 16 Tying some loose ends together – Symmetry, group theory, homologues, and the Pólya enumeration theorem
- 17 Returning to the number-theory thread – Generalized quasi-order and coach theorems
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Flexagons – A beginning thread
- 2 Another thread – 1-period paper-folding
- 3 More paper-folding threads – 2-period paper-folding
- 4 A number-theory thread – Folding numbers, a number trick, and some tidbits
- 5 The polyhedron thread – Building some polyhedra and defining a regular polyhedron
- 6 Constructing dipyramids and rotating rings from straight strips of triangles
- 7 Continuing the paper-folding and number-theory threads
- 8 A geometry and algebra thread – Constructing, and using, Jennifer's puzzle
- 9 A polyhedral geometry thread – Constructing braided Platonic solids and other woven polyhedra
- 10 Combinatorial and symmetry threads
- 11 Some golden threads – Constructing more dodecahedra
- 12 More combinatorial threads – Collapsoids
- 13 Group theory – The faces of the trihexaflexagon
- 14 Combinatorial and group-theoretical threads – Extended face planes of the Platonic solids
- 15 A historical thread – Involving the Euler characteristic, Descartes' total angular defect, and Pólya's dream
- 16 Tying some loose ends together – Symmetry, group theory, homologues, and the Pólya enumeration theorem
- 17 Returning to the number-theory thread – Generalized quasi-order and coach theorems
- References
- Index
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- A Mathematical TapestryDemonstrating the Beautiful Unity of Mathematics, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010