Piano-Hinged Dissections: Time to Fold!

by Greg N. Frederickson

Book Overview

A dissection involves cutting a polygon into pieces in such a way that those pieces form another polygon; for a hinged dissection, the pieces must be attached by hinges. A piano hinge is "a long narrow hinge with a pin running the entire length of its joint." So, unlike regular hinged dissections, which swing or twist (around single point of hinge), piano-hinged dissections fold along an edge. This book discusses the history, methods, and variations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367446251
• ISBN13: 9780367446253
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: A K PETERS
• Length: 320 Pages