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- From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Two (I think) interesting Problems
- Message-ID: <C0JLpx.58M@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 15:58:45 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.134651.7759@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> <johnsbra.2@tmlh>
- Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
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- 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 ?
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- I haven't seen all the postings in this thread, but the simplest is to fold
- the sheet into a long narrow strip, tie it in an overhand knot and pull it
- tight. This gives an exact regular pentagon.
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