Mike Hill (Harvard University, University of Virgina)-Ruler, Compass, and Origami Constructions: Trisecting and Angle and Doubling a Cube

Mathematics - Colloquium

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Stratton Hall
308

ABSTRACT: We'll see in this talk how techniques in origami can be used to do the impossible: trisect and arbitrary angle and double a cube. Along the way, we'll play with the mathematical side of paper folding and try our hand at understanding the basic axiomatic approach.
Undergraduate students are welcome and encouraged to attend this talk.

Suggested Audiences: Adult, College

E-mail: ma-chair@wpi.edu

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