29 min
Number Origami It’s a Math Math Math World with Divakaran and Shraddha
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- Mathematics
“If I make a paper plane using a piece of paper, and then unfold it, you will be able to fold it exactly as I did because there is a memory of folding left in that piece of paper,” says Prof. Divakaran. But, complains Shraddha, this does not apply to Kanjeevaram sarees! Where she’s going, Shraddha won’t need a saree. A kimono will do just fine. Our friendly mathematics professor and his eager student journey to Japan in their quest to unravel numbers. Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is more than an aesthetic pursuit of hobbyists. It packs in its intricate folds many fascinating clues to understanding prime numbers and other mathematical concepts. Previously in this series, we visited ancient Greece, India, Egypt, and Babylon. Queue our past episodes and catch up on the playlist.
Credits:
Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar
Discover more:
Article | Tree-maker algorithm: https://langorigami.com/article/treemaker/
Book | Thomas C Hull | Project Origami: Activities for Exploring Mathematics, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) https://www.amazon.in/Project-Origami-Activities-Exploring-Mathematics/dp/1466567910
Book | Thomas C Hull | Origametry: Mathematical Methods in Paper Folding https://www.amazon.in/Origametry-Mathematical-Methods-Paper-Folding/dp/1108478727
Article | Miura Folding - Applying Origami to Space Explorations https://www.ijpam.eu/contents/2012-79-2/8/8.pdf
YouTube video | DW News | The girl that became Hiroshima's icon for world peace - Sadako Sasaki and the 1000 paper cranes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzIB4LkVtUE
YouTube video: The Smithsonian Channel | Language without Numbers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDM8G5tuHF8
Article: Recursion And Human Thought - Why The Pirahã Don't Have Numbers | A Talk With Daniel L. Everett | The Edge https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_l_everett-recursion-and-human-thought
Website | Mathigon.org | Mathematical Origami https://mathigon.org/origami
“If I make a paper plane using a piece of paper, and then unfold it, you will be able to fold it exactly as I did because there is a memory of folding left in that piece of paper,” says Prof. Divakaran. But, complains Shraddha, this does not apply to Kanjeevaram sarees! Where she’s going, Shraddha won’t need a saree. A kimono will do just fine. Our friendly mathematics professor and his eager student journey to Japan in their quest to unravel numbers. Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is more than an aesthetic pursuit of hobbyists. It packs in its intricate folds many fascinating clues to understanding prime numbers and other mathematical concepts. Previously in this series, we visited ancient Greece, India, Egypt, and Babylon. Queue our past episodes and catch up on the playlist.
Credits:
Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar
Discover more:
Article | Tree-maker algorithm: https://langorigami.com/article/treemaker/
Book | Thomas C Hull | Project Origami: Activities for Exploring Mathematics, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) https://www.amazon.in/Project-Origami-Activities-Exploring-Mathematics/dp/1466567910
Book | Thomas C Hull | Origametry: Mathematical Methods in Paper Folding https://www.amazon.in/Origametry-Mathematical-Methods-Paper-Folding/dp/1108478727
Article | Miura Folding - Applying Origami to Space Explorations https://www.ijpam.eu/contents/2012-79-2/8/8.pdf
YouTube video | DW News | The girl that became Hiroshima's icon for world peace - Sadako Sasaki and the 1000 paper cranes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzIB4LkVtUE
YouTube video: The Smithsonian Channel | Language without Numbers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDM8G5tuHF8
Article: Recursion And Human Thought - Why The Pirahã Don't Have Numbers | A Talk With Daniel L. Everett | The Edge https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_l_everett-recursion-and-human-thought
Website | Mathigon.org | Mathematical Origami https://mathigon.org/origami
29 min