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We investigate the graphs formed from the vertices and creases of an origami pattern that can be folded flat along all of its creases. As we show, this is possible for a tree if and only if the internal vertices of the tree all have even…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-07-16 David Eppstein

One-dimensional slender bodies can be deformed or shaped into spatially complex curves relatively easily due to their inherent compliance. However, traditional methods of fabricating complex spatial shapes are cumbersome, prone to error…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Soroush Kamrava , Ranajay Ghosh , Yu Yang , Ashkan Vaziri

This article analyses geometric constructions by origami when up to $n$ simultaneous folds may be done at each step. It shows that any arbitrary angle can be $m$-sected if the largest prime factor of $m$ is $p\le n+2$. Also, the regular…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2019-02-06 Jorge C. Lucero

This article is concerned with an example of complex planar geometry arising from flat origami challenges. The complexity of solution algorithms is illustrated, depending on the depth of the initial analysis of the problem, starting from…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-05-30 David Dureisseix

Structures like galaxies and filaments of galaxies in the Universe come about from the origami-like folding of an initially flat three-dimensional manifold in 6D phase space. The ORIGAMI method identifies these structures in a cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Mark C. Neyrinck , Bridget L. Falck , Alex S. Szalay

Origami and Kirigami, the famous Japanese art forms of paper folding and cutting, have inspired the design of novel materials & structures utilizing their geometry. In this article, we explore the geometry of the lesser known popup art,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Jay Jayeshbhai Chavda , S Ganga Prasath

The ancient art of origami, traditionally used to transform simple sheets into intricate objects, also holds potential for diverse engineering applications, such as shape morphing and robotics. In this study, we demonstrate that one of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Davood Farhadi , Laura Pernigoni , David Melancon , Katia Bertoldi

We prove several hardness results on folding origami crease patterns. Flat-folding finite crease patterns is fixed-parameter tractable in the ply of the folded pattern (how many layers overlap at any point) and the treewidth of an…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-01-21 David Eppstein

Consider an oriented curve $\Gamma$ in a domain $D$ in the plane $\boldsymbol R^2$. Thinking of $D$ as a piece of paper, one can make a curved folding in the Euclidean space $\boldsymbol R^3$. This can be expressed as the image of an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Atsufumi Honda , Kosuke Naokawa , Kentaro Saji , Masaaki Umehara , Kotaro Yamada

The article studies the elastic and locomotive properties of Miura-ori-type paper origami. The mechanics of a single paper crease is studied experimentally, and its non-elastic properties turn out to be crucial. The entire origami…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-04-16 Oryna Ivashtenko , Polina Kofman , Oleksiy Golubov , Zakhar Maizelis

This paper deals with themes such as approximate counting/evaluation of the total number of flat-foldings for random origami diagrams, evaluation of the values averaged over various instances, obtaining forcing sets for general origami…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-06 Chihiro Nakajima

We present a comprehensive survey of constructions of the real numbers (from either the rationals or the integers) in a unified fashion, thus providing an overview of most (if not all) known constructions ranging from the earliest attempts…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Ittay Weiss

This article reviews the so-called "axioms" of origami (paper folding), which are elementary single-fold operations to achieve incidences between points and lines in a sheet of paper. The geometry of reflections is applied, and exhaustive…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2017-06-09 Jorge C. Lucero

Kirigami, art of paper cutting, enables two-dimensional sheets transforming into unique shapes which are also hard to reshape once with prescribed cutting patterns. Rare kirigami designs manipulate cuts on three-dimensional objects to…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-30 Yanbin Li , Jie Yin

"Flat origami" refers to the folding of flat, zero-curvature paper such that the finished object lies in a plane. Mathematically, flat origami consists of a continuous, piecewise isometric map $f:P\subseteq\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}^2$ along…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-27 Thomas C. Hull , Inna Zakharevich

Origami is the archetype of a structural material with unusual mechanical properties that arise almost exclusively from the geometry of its constituent folds and forms the basis for mechanical metamaterials with an extreme deformation…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-26 Zhiyan Wei , Zengcai Guo , Levi Dudte , Haiyi Liang , L. Mahadevan

Two results in "computational origami" are illustrated.

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Joseph O'Rourke

Origami structures are characterized by a network of folds and vertices joining unbendable plates. For applications to mechanical design and self-folding structures, it is essential to understand the interplay between the set of folds in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-01 Bryan Gin-ge Chen , Christian D. Santangelo

Origami-based design holds promise for developing materials whose mechanical properties are tuned by crease patterns introduced to thin sheets. Although there has been heuristic developments in constructing patterns with desirable…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-08-05 Arthur A. Evans , Jesse L. Silverberg , Christian D. Santangelo

Motivated by a question in origami, we consider sets of points in the complex plane constructed in the following way. Let $L_\alpha(p)$ be the line in the complex plane through $p$ with angle $\alpha$ (with respect to the real axis). Given…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-11-15 Joe Buhler , Steve Butler , Warwick de Launey , Ron Graham