FolderMath

Pages from researching origami and its relationship to mathematics

There is an undeniable relationship between folds and the mathematical simplicity of lines: a discontinuity in the plane and the one-to-one relationship between two variables. With a little time and effort, any 2D graph can be represented using a crease pattern, though it is a different story if it will produce anything of meaning in the deformed configuration. The problem is how to define what that relationship is supposed to be.

Crease pattern art piece titled "Crane Unfolded Phoenix Rising, Opus 563"by Kevin Box and Dr. Robert J. Lang in Los Alamos Public Library.