Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Hexaflexagons! The miracle of the inside-out hexagon with many, many sides

Hexaflexagons! The miracle of the inside-out hexagon with many, many sides:




The incomparably great Vihart continues her Doodling in Math Class video series with a history and demonstration of the miraculous Hexaflexagon, a simple-to-fold paper hexagon that contains several iterations of itself, which can be found by turning it inside-out over and over again. Sure to delight, inform, entertain, and mystify!



Historical Note: This video is based on a true story. Arthur H. Stone really did invent the hexaflexagon after playing with the paper strips he'd cut off his too-wide British paper, and really did start a flexagon committee (which we'll hear more about in the next video). The details and dialogue, however, are my own invention.


Hexaflexagons

(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)








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