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A mathematical tapestry : demonstrating the beautiful unity of mathematics / Peter Hilton, Jean Pedersen ; with illustrations by Sylvie Donmoyer.

By: Hilton, Peter John.
Contributor(s): Pedersen, Jean | Donmoyer, Sylvie.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2010Description: xv, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780521764100 (hbk.); 0521764106 (hbk.); 9780521128216 (pbk.); 0521128218 (pbk.).Subject(s): MathematicsDDC classification: 510
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Flexagons - a beginning thread; 2. Another thread - 1-period paper folding; 3. More paper folding threads - 2-period paper-folding; 4. A number-theory thread - folding numbers, a number trick, and some titbits; 5. The polyhedron thread - building some polyhedra and defining a regular polyhedron; 6. Constructing dipyramids and rotating rings from straight strips of triangles; 7. Continuing the paper-folding and number theory threads; 8. A geometry and algebra thread - constructing, and using, Jennifer's puzzle; 9. A polyhedral geometry thread - constructing braided platonic solids and other woven polyhedra; 10. Combinatorial and symmetry threads; 11. Some golden threads - constructing more dodecahedra; 12. More combinatorial threads - collapsoids; 13. Group theory - the faces of the tri-hexaflexagon; 14. Combinatorial and group theory threads - extended face planes of the platonic solids; 15. A historical thread - involving the Euler characteristic, Descartes' total angular defect, and Pólya's dream; 16. Tying some loose ends together - symmetry, group theory, homologues, and the Pólya enumeration theorem; 17. Returning to the number theory thread - generalized quasi-order and coach theorems; References; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Flexagons - a beginning thread; 2. Another thread - 1-period paper folding; 3. More paper folding threads - 2-period paper-folding; 4. A number-theory thread - folding numbers, a number trick, and some titbits; 5. The polyhedron thread - building some polyhedra and defining a regular polyhedron; 6. Constructing dipyramids and rotating rings from straight strips of triangles; 7. Continuing the paper-folding and number theory threads; 8. A geometry and algebra thread - constructing, and using, Jennifer's puzzle; 9. A polyhedral geometry thread - constructing braided platonic solids and other woven polyhedra; 10. Combinatorial and symmetry threads; 11. Some golden threads - constructing more dodecahedra; 12. More combinatorial threads - collapsoids; 13. Group theory - the faces of the tri-hexaflexagon; 14. Combinatorial and group theory threads - extended face planes of the platonic solids; 15. A historical thread - involving the Euler characteristic, Descartes' total angular defect, and Pólya's dream; 16. Tying some loose ends together - symmetry, group theory, homologues, and the Pólya enumeration theorem; 17. Returning to the number theory thread - generalized quasi-order and coach theorems; References; Index.