I managed to make this little flexagon maze. It works pretty well and is surprisingly interesting even with rather few faces. I think making these larger and...
The attached file is another thought provoking flexagon, to add to Scott Sherman's recent posting. Attachments are not stored, so the file has also been...
Very cool. When I was creating the various flexagons for my flexagon bestiary, the ones with an even number of triangles per face were pretty easy since...
Hmmm. There are so many different ways to flex a dodecaflexagon that I¢d worry a maze would end up being too frustrating. So I took a different approach with...
Flexagons are perfect for creating dynamic magic squares (magic stars etc.) There are a great number of design ideas that can be explored. Square flexagons...
Scott's puzzle flexagon is a brilliant and exceptional model. I really like it, it is a great concept. Flexagons like this are wonderful for peaking the...
Very clever. And gorgeous as always. I think Martin Gardner would approve :). I was looking to see what other flexagons might work. If the magic square had...
For many/most flexagons the polygon units on the faces change orientation during flexing. In order to make dynamic magic squares from these flexagons, we need...
I¢ve posted a magic square on a 3-sided right triangle octaflexagon at http://loki3.com/flex/magic/tri-octa.html. This one is interesting because the pinch...
This magic flexagon does have some challenges. Scott worked this out by keeping the triplets of numbers adding up to 111 throughout the magic squares so that...
Almost, but what we need for this flexagon is a magic square with an extra property that works well with the way each sub-square is reflected when flexed. Say...
Yes, this square with the two triplet sums is what I was looking for, although I was trying to create this with only the numbers 1-36 and no duplicates. It...
For those trying to design new triangle flexagons, one detail worth knowing is that there may be more variants of a particular flexagon than there are for the...
This is a significant discovery concerning greater numbers of variations for non equilateral triangle flexagons. I bet this has implications to other polygons...
Here’s a new path puzzle - http://loki3.com/flex/maze/deca-paths.html - this time on a right triangle decaflexagon. I find this one interesting because it...
In haste, my first attempt at this decaflexagon puzzle resulted in an impossible puzzle to solve. Instead of reading the clear directions, I cut out the two...
Earlier this year I had been exploring the dodecaflexagon frieze patterns, and have just recently had a chance to put together the maps for the 3, 4, and 5...
I received this from a Google alert, and you may find it of interest. http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/daily/2007/11/14/orourke-on-geometric-reductionism/ or...
It's interesting to see the patterns for the various 5-sided dodecas. I'll be especially interested to see all 9 6-sided dodecas (I assume there will be 9)....
I've created a picture puzzle on a hexaflexagon for people to try out, available at http://loki3.com/flex/maze/hexa-puzzle.html. I've put this one on a bronze...
... Thanks for making these flexagon puzzles. They're a lot of fun. I've been able to figure out this picture one and the pyramid one, but the other two path...
It certainly seems like he would be interested in flexagon-style paper folding. The "one cut" theorem he talked about sounds intriguing. The basic idea is...
Oh right, 7, for the same reason there's only one 3-sided version. (With the straight strip you can use to make hexaflexagons of 3, 6, 9, 12... sides, you're...
Thanks for the feedback. One of my aims in making these puzzles has been to encourage people to experiment with flexagons they're not familiar with, so it...
This is another really cool flexagon puzzle. I particularly like the template and construction of the flexagon. For me, the templates and construction of...
I agree with Robin Moseley's comments on printers and papers. I find that origami duo paper looks effective on some flexagons. I use an inkjet printer, and...
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