Geometric Folding Algorithms

by Joseph O'Rourke and Erik D. Demaine

Book Overview

Did you know that any straight-line drawing on paper can be folded so that the complete drawing can be cut out with one straight scissors cut? That there is a planar linkage that can trace out any algebraic curve, or even 'sign your name'? Or that a 'Latin cross' unfolding of a cube can be refolded to 23 different convex polyhedra? Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in such problems, with applications ranging from robotics to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521715229
• ISBN13: 9780521715225
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.9"