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reflections, Platonic solids, spirals, symmetry, and
the hyperbolic plane in his works.
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visualization of mathematics--origami, computer-generated
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"Möbius strip patterned by 48 different striped squares," by Anna Virágvölgyi (Budapest, Hungary)
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Folded paper, 100 x 100 x 100 mm, 2010
Diagonally striped tiles of this arrangement create concentrically striped squares. The number of squares is the number of all possible triplets of three symbols (no symbols are paired): 3*2*2 = 12. The surface of the Möbius strip is diced with this different 12 squares. The edge of the strip is diced with another whole set of such triplets. This arrangement would be realized on tori as well. --- Anna Virágvölgyi
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