A History of Folding in Mathematics: Mathematizing the Margins

by Michael Friedman

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While it is well known that the Delian problems are impossible to solve with a straightedge and compass - for example, it is impossible to construct a segment whose length is cube root of 2 with these instruments - the discovery of the Italian mathematician Margherita Beloch Piazzolla in 1934 that one can in fact construct a segment of length cube root of 2 with a single paper fold was completely ignored (till the end of the 1980s). This...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3030102092

ISBN13:9783030102098

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:Birkhauser

Length:419 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Math Mathematics Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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