Very nice. It's so easy to get lost in the 6 sided version it's useful to have a 3 sided one to play with to learn from. Scott ... From: robin_moseley...
Ok, I will reply to my own question. Actually the various theory articles cover this question for the hexaflexagons. Here is an interesting table: faces...
The correspondence between point and edge flexagons isnĒt as direct as I was expecting. You canĒt necessarily create a single stack point flexagon from an...
The attached interim report on dodecaflexagons summarises the results of my investigations into their dynamic properties. It complemnets some other revent...
Scott I'm not sure how the point square flexagon with face numbering 1/2, 7/6, 3/4, 1/8, 5/6, 3/2, 7/8, 5/4 should be assembled. Can you elucidate please. I'd...
Since it was published in 2003, a few errors have come to light in my book 'Flexagons inside out'. These have either been brought to my attention by fellow...
Les, Your interim dodecaflexagon report has a lot of interesting detail in it. The more I learn of the properties of this flexagon, the more I like it. I'm...
Yes, thatĒs a tricky folding. Typically you create a flexagon by folding adjacent faces together, hence the adjacent pairs of numbers that always appear in...
If you like the dodecaflexagon, youll also like the decaflexagon. It has 10 triangles per side and folds into a pentagon. You can use a hexaflexagon style...
Scott Thanks, I got the point flexagon working first go, and agree that there is no edge flexagon equivalent. My statement that it is always possible to...
Interleaved Point Flexagons And thick and fast they came at last, And more, and more, and more. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), Through the Looking Glass. ...
The penta-dodeca flexagons have some new twists. I have created a net for the five sided version of the dodeca flexagon. This turns out to be a fascinating...
"All hopping through the frothy waves, And scrambling to the shore." --continuing Les's quote Finally catching up on these messages after frantically approving...
I understand that at least one member was unable to open the attachment containing my interim report on dodecaflexagons. The report has now been uploaded to...
Scott, I've reached some similar conclusions by a different route. It's nice to see them confirmed. I realised, after posting my note, that regular star...
We recently discussed multiple numberings for the same net that lead to flexagons with different state diagrams. Robin Moseley, on flexagon.net, takes this a...
... vocabulary: what you call a net I woulod call a frieze; likewise I would call the face numbering a frieze code, consisting of three lines; a sign sequence,...
Dr. McIntosh has a number of interesting comments. I will admit to being a little casual with the terminology on my website. I agree that the terms; frieze,...
ItĒs intriguing that you point out one of those numberings generates a knot. I assume there are many others, though obviously not all interleave foldings are...
... I don't know of a *really* good way. The problem is the proliferation of vertices as one moves outward from the root in a Cayley tree. A simple hexagonal...
... I think I see the confusion in my traversal diagrams. They represent traversing the flexagon from one side only. So starting with Monday on top and...
Recent postings regarding various flexagons have raised some interesting issues, and I have the following comments. Notation Notation is always a problem in...
... I am not sure as to which holes. Long ago we used IBM cards to make flexagons, since the size was convenient and they were made from rag paper so they...
... Here I thought that was deliberate, a cute alternative way of using up seven symbols having a well established order. However, the nice sequence is spoiled...
Ah, I see. IĒve been concentrating more on the case when an interleave folding is required since this is what seems to be unique to point flexagons. With...
... I do not like to show my age, but I also made a lot of flexagons back in the late 70s with IBM cards. They did not look very fancy, but they worked. ... I...
Your discussion below is does bring up a lot of good ideas on creating more interesting frieze codes. I will take this into consideration on some of my next...
Les asks the intriguing question of whether it's possible to use his "interleaf flex" to transform point flexagons between all the possible numberings for a...
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