Flattening Object with Computational Geometry

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TL;DR Summary

Prof Erik Demaine and his father have found a novel way to flatten 4d objects to lower dimensions using infinite folds

https://www.quantamagazine.org/father-son-team-solves-geometry-problem-with-infinite-folds-20220404/

 

[jedishrfu]

This father son mathematics team are really pretty cool. I've run across them in a NOVA video on various aspects of origami in art, science and engineering called "Between the Folds".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Demaine