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By Colin McAllister
August 2010
Abstract
Circle origami Axiom 5-C was the trigger for this investigation.
Is the axiom valid for shapes other than circles?
Yes; Shapes that have a minimum radius of curvature of the boundary.
We choose triangles with rounded corners as an example of such shapes.
We can experiment with them using interactive geometry software.
We discover symmetric folds when the triangle is equilateral.
We can simulate folding of paper triangles, using interaction to control
the folding, and hidden-line removal to represent two layers of paper.
The simulation helps us understand the geometry of the symmetric folds.
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