Covering folded shapes

DOI10.20382/JOCG.V5I1A8MaRDI QIDQ2968115zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 9 March 2017

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.2378

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15)

Abstract: Can folding a piece of paper flat make it larger? We explore whether a shape $S$ must be scaled to cover a flat-folded copy of itself. We consider both single folds and arbitrary folds (continuous piecewise isometries $Sightarrow{R}^2$). The underlying problem is motivated by computational origami, and is related to other covering and fixturing problems, such as Lebesgue's universal cover problem and force closure grasps. In addition to considering special shapes (squares, equilateral triangles, polygons and disks), we give upper and lower bounds on scale factors for single folds of convex objects and arbitrary folds of simply connected objects.

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