Trisections and Totally Real Origami

DOI10.2307/30037438MaRDI QIDQ5703711zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Roger C. Alperin

Publication date 8 November 2005

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0408159

zbMATH Keywords

folding rulesgeometric constructionsorigami axiomsPythagorean numberstotally real fieldstotally real origami

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Miscellaneous applications of number theory (11Z05) Real and complex fields (12Dxx) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Projective analytic geometry (51N15)

Abstract: We introduce a trisection axiom for mathematical origami and descibe the totally real origami numbers. We also discuss the solution of Alhazen's problem and its relation to trisections.

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