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Serious Fun with Flexagons - A Compendium and Guide (Hardcover, 2009 ed.) Loot Price: R3,073
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Serious Fun with Flexagons - A Compendium and Guide (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): L.P. Pook

Serious Fun with Flexagons - A Compendium and Guide (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

L.P. Pook

Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 164

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A flexagon is a motion structure that has the appearance of a ring of hinged polygons. It can be flexed to display different pairs of faces, usually in cyclic order. Flexagons can be appreciated as toys or puzzles, as a recreational mathematics topic, and as the subject of serious mathematical study. Workable paper models of flexagons are easy to make and entertaining to manipulate. The mathematics of flexagons is complex, and how a flexagon works is not immediately obvious on examination of a paper model. Recent geometric analysis, included in the book, has improved theoretical understanding of flexagons, especially relationships between different types.

This profusely illustrated book is arranged in a logical order appropriate for a textbook on the geometry of flexagons. It is written so that it can be enjoyed at both the recreational mathematics level, and at the serious mathematics level. The only prerequisite is some knowledge of elementary geometry, including properties of polygons. A feature of the book is a compendium of over 100 nets for making paper models of some of the more interesting flexagons, chosen to complement the text. These are accurately drawn and reproduced at half full size. Many of the nets have not previously been published. Instructions for assembling and manipulating the flexagons are included.

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 164
Release date: August 2009
First published: 2009
Authors: L.P. Pook
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 330
Edition: 2009 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-2502-9
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General
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LSN: 90-481-2502-2
Barcode: 9789048125029

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