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- From: gjm11@cus.cam.ac.uk (G.J. McCaughan)
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- Subject: Re: Two (I think) interesting Problems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.172214.28862@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 17:22:14 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.134651.7759@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> <johnsbra.2@tmlh>
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- In article <johnsbra.2@tmlh> johnsbra@tmlh (Havard Johnsbraten) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec23.134651.7759@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
- >yoparish@iiic.ethz.ch (Yoav Ilan Haim Parish) poses the problem
- >
- > How can I fold an approximate (regular) pentagon from a
- > quadratic sheet of paper easily ?
- ...
- > (The McCaughan folding
- >from an A4-sheet wasn't exact either, but also very close.)
-
- 1. It *is* exact, unless I've got my calculations wrong.
- 2. I don't think you should call it "the McCaughan folding"; I didn't
- discover it. (I don't know who did.)
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- Gareth McCaughan Dept. of Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics,
- gjm11@cus.cam.ac.uk Cambridge University, England. [Research student]
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