With respect to the flexicubes, persistence with Google reveals a sizeable amount of information, which to me is quite interesting. With respect to flexagons...
Dear Mr(?) McIntosh, I really appreciated your article and although I'm a beginner at flexagons, and had a bit of trouble visualizing everything you wrote, it...
... None of these explanations would be valid for traditional origami ... which makes frequent use of cuts, strips and paste. AFAiK it is however true that ...
... This will come up again later on. The thing which I sometimes wonder about, is how close people came to flexagons at one time or another without following...
Hello, I'm a new member of this group and have just made my first hexa-hexaflexagon since high school geometry class (many, many years ago). I am interested in...
Hello The smiley to frown face transformation has been known for some 60 years, so you've rediscovered it. Rotations of the leaves which make up the faces of...
... Yes ... this has always been an intriguing hint. ... I call this the Double Flexitube (since it is double walled). You can not only turn it inside out but...
Subject: flexagons(2) Supposing that it as alright to play with flexagons just because they are fun to play with, here are some suggestions for getting...
It seems to me you came down a bit hard on Vivian (aka Siganita). She stated she was a newbie and hadn't done this stuff for many years. You sound like you're...
Eric Bergmark I don't think so. I was careful to point out that she had made a rediscovery. In the academic world pointing out that something is already known...
... Sorry, Les, but I'm with Eric. This isn't just an academic list. I pointed Vivian here as I haven't time to follow up with her myself - but I rather wish I...
David King
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Oct 12, 2005 10:24 am
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... From: mcintosh@... To: Flexagon_Lovers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: [Flexagon_Lovers] Flexagons (2) ...
How about trying a paper version of "Tumbling Ring". I used to see a good web site reference for the detailed description but I can not find it anymore. The...
Dear everyone, First off, apologies to all for the discussion my post generated. It's certainly not why we're here... see here how the internet has enabled ...
Hi, Everyone, Well, I wasn't able to find time to visit the group in a few days, only to return and find a very lively and interesting discussion going on. ...
I really don't think this is from the Flexagon_Lovers. Does any computer savy person know how to give the sender a boot? Besides just deleting? Thanks Doctor...
Hi, Kathy, I bounced the sender of this message, and of course, deleted the message. I believe the official "bouncing," which I can do as the moderator, keeps...
... If in your version of the smiley you draw horizontal eyebrows over the eyes, the 'frownie' has eyebrows that are angled inwards (for want of a better ...
David King
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Oct 14, 2005 8:33 am
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First to answer Vivian's query on my use of the term "dominant face." Yes, I mean the three faces of the hexahexaflexagon that show up more often when one does...
Make that "> At http://www.eighthsquare.com/flexagon.html, you can see scans of designs on three dominant hexaflexagon faces that show off how the triangles...
Flexagons (3) If one is going to paste and paint flexagons, it is worth adding an old newspaper or piece of carton or whatever to the list of supplies. That...
As a little break from the flexagon talk, I'd like to share a story about our founding father, Arthur Harold Stone, that I came across today. In 1941, at the...
Re: Flexagons (4) Looking over (4), one or two additional comments might be appropriate. The description isn't yet too specialzed, so it is a good moment to...
As some of you already know I write a regular column on origami mathematics for Tarqin Publication's Infinity magazine. For the issue after the next one ......
Fwd: flexagons (5) Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:48:01 -0600 (CST) Flexagons are widely known because of Martin Gardner's article in Scientific American from...
Subject: flexagons (6) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:00:48 -0600 (CST) One of the best ways to work with square flexagons is to make up a good collection of...
Replying to your Flexagons (5) I agree that the nomenclature for "tetra-flexagons" is not satisfying. These squares--fascinating as they are--composed of...
Quoting Ann Schwartz <annschwartz101@...>: Replying to your Flexagons (5) ... It seems to me that the preferred nomenclature for flexagons has changed ...
