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Hello people, this is my first message. I am stuck on the tetra-, penta- and hexa- 12gon. Bohan...
bohanyu97
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Mar 14, 2008
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Hello, Can anyone send me the template and instructions to make the tetra-octaflexagon? Bohan ... Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! for Good...
Bohan Yu
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Mar 16, 2008
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Hi Bohan, "Stuck" as in having difficulties or as in you can't stop playing with them? Are you having problems folding them or flexing them? I've got...
Scott Sherman
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Mar 16, 2008
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Hi Scott, ''Stuck'' as in can't make them. thanks for your help Bohan Scott Sherman <loki3s@...> wrote: Hi Bohan, "Stuck" as in having difficulties or as...
Bohan Yu
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Mar 16, 2008
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The term "octaflexagon" has been used for a couple different kinds of flexagons. One type is made from octagons. See information from Harold V. McIntosh's...
Scott Sherman
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Mar 16, 2008
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Thanks for you help! Scott Sherman <loki3s@...> wrote: The term "octaflexagon" has been used for a couple different kinds of flexagons. One...
Bohan Yu
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Mar 17, 2008
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Another place for directions on making the most simple "silver" flexagon, the 4-faced square flexagon composed of isoceles right triangles, is...
Ann Schwartz
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Mar 17, 2008
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... Oxford is in England, Binghamton is in New York State. Are there some duplicates, or did he just move after retirement? ... Someone should tell Mr. Leaming...
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Mar 18, 2008
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Hi Thanks for your help, but i can't find the instructions to make it. Which part is it on? Bohan Ann Schwartz <annschwartz101@...> wrote: Another place...
Bohan Yu
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Mar 18, 2008
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On "Binghamton"...I took that information, "Oxford University At Binghamton" from Hilton's home page. Contact him directly about possible spelling errors?...
Ann Schwartz
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Mar 18, 2008
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I first folded the flexatube and newspaper knot a long time ago from directions in a now long out of print origami book. It is interesting that that these are...
Robin C. Moseley
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Mar 19, 2008
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... Well, you can see how little I know about things which I should know more about. Hilton`s home page is rather uninformative, but Google, and Wikipedia in...
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Mar 19, 2008
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Hi Bohan, Go here: http://www.eighthsquare.com/8-gon.html, then scroll down, the instructions start on what is page 69 from the book. Email me directly if you...
Ann Schwartz
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Mar 19, 2008
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... Yes. It is the underlying square shapw that can put two parallel hinges on opposite sides of the square, in contrast to other figures which lack that...
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Mar 19, 2008
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... A figment of my imagination, given that I read "Pearson Learning" as "Pearson Leaming." Nevertheless I assume that they have a real representative with an...
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Mar 19, 2008
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Build Your Own Polyhedra is available through Amazon, and Jean Pedersen tells me that she and Peter Hilton are working on a new book....
Ann Schwartz
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Mar 19, 2008
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Hi, Happy Easter everyone! Bohan ... Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! for Good...
Bohan Yu
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Mar 22, 2008
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I wrote up a Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure based on the 1962 papers of Antony S. Conrad and Daniel K. Hartline with color coded diagrams, examples, and...
robin_moseley
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Mar 31, 2008
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Robin I like it. The instructions are easy to follow, but I have a couple of comments. Firstly, a hexaflexagon is a twisted band so exists as an enantiomorphic...
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Apr 2, 2008
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Great, very easy to understand! Bohan robin_moseley <moseley@...> wrote: I wrote up a Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure based on the 1962 papers of...
Bohan Yu
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Apr 2, 2008
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Thanks for the comments Les. Good point about inside loops, I have added a rule concerning the arrangement of the mapping triangles to the article. I am...
Robin C. Moseley
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Apr 2, 2008
5:25 pm
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I believe this question of enantiomorphs as it relates to the Conrad and Hartline method for Hexaflexagon construction has an easy answer. If one takes and...
Robin C. Moseley
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Apr 4, 2008
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I posted detailed maps and frieze patterns for flexagons of 8 faces and under on www.flexagon.net. Click on the Hexaflexagon pull down menu for links to the...
robin_moseley
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Apr 13, 2008
2:42 pm
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I finished posting all the 8 faced hexaflexagon maps and face numbered frieze patterns. They can be found as a link from the hexaflexagon menu drop down on...
robin_moseley
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Apr 18, 2008
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For those interested in flexagons made from squares, I was just sent a scan of a ~1970 article from the journal, Nauka i Zhizn (Science and Life, Russian:...
robin_moseley
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May 6, 2008
6:08 pm
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Hi How do you make the flexagon on page 2? Bohan --- On Tue, 6/5/08, robin_moseley <moseley@...> wrote: From: robin_moseley <moseley@...>...
Bohan Yu
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May 7, 2008
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I cannot read Russian, but these diagrams are fairly good in the article. Notice that there are dots by the numbers placed in different corners. These dots...
Robin C. Moseley
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May 8, 2008
5:43 pm
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I made it as follows. Make the net as shown in the sketches (Fig 1), with the cross slit in the centre. Enter the numbers on the left hand sketch. Turn the net...
toppingleslie
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May 8, 2008
5:43 pm
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These directions work great! I was able to make the flexagon in just a few minutes by cutting between the 2 and 6 first. I also folded another one without...
Robin C. Moseley
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May 9, 2008
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I am writing a new book on flexagons, and have an agreement with Springer for its publication in their 'Solid Mechanics and its Applications' series. A brief...
Les Pook
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May 20, 2008
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