Lecture 8: Silhouette folding and gift wrapping, universality, efficiency, seam placement, cube wrapping, checkerboard folding; tree method, margulis napkin problem
Page 4: Tree method for design of efficient origami bases; Magulis napkin problem, increasing the perimeter of a square
You can download and play with Lang's TreeMaker (read the PDF file from version 4.0 for instructions) if you have a Mac. The main recommended reading is Lang's book Origami Design Secrets. Robert J. Lang Origami also has some information on the tree method (under Science / Tree Theory).
These are rough, personal lecture notes handwritten by Erik Demaine used during lecture. Their primary purpose is for reading/review by students of the class. Accessibility
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