On ``Adolf Hurwitz folds'' (Q524951)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6708425
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    On ``Adolf Hurwitz folds''
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6708425

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      On ``Adolf Hurwitz folds'' (English)
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      27 April 2017
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      The paper is related to and addresses \textit{N. M. R. Oswald}'s paper [ibid. 62, No. 2, 123--130 (2015; Zbl 1332.01054)]. As the author points out Hurwitz made a mistake in the construction of a paper folding of a regular pentagon in that he missed the correct central angle. The author describes and corrects the error of Hurwitz and then goes on to describe correct paper foldings of regular pentagons.
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      paper folding
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      golden section
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