Talk:Britney Gallivan
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Does someone have a link to the proof ? may be some outline of the proof would be good for the mathematically inclined.
I found an "independent derivation of her equation" via a BoingBoing.org post found here Jason Coleman 00:23, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I saw on Mythbusters that she had used toilet paper and had folded in half lengthwise, but not alternating like they preformed in Mythbusters. Does that make project still viable or is it "bending the rules"?Da Kenster 23:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Traditional paper rules for folding said a single piece of paper can not be folded in half more than 7 times now matter how thick, how large or how folded. Even folding in triangles, etc. And no one one could do it, so why not say it? Most references to the traditional rules of the problem have been removed from the net, because they know it has now been done.
I was told Mythbusters wanted to set a new world record and could not, so they changed the rules to say their alternate folding way was the correct way. Such is the ethics of TV. Using the alternating approach like Mythbusters, Britney had folded paper in half 9 times and gold in half 12 times, but they did not mention that, as they wanted the 7 fold value to seem to be the record.
In terms of "bending the rules" Mythbusters did not use a "piece of paper" but taped 17 pieces together. In any case the most significant thing Briney did was mathematically solve the problem. Prof Gall 08:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Unsolved mysteries
What I want to know is how she managed to lay the 4,000 foot long piece of paper out straight so she could fold it in half the first time. Where did she do that? I mean, 4,000 feet is like six city blocks, or 13 football fields. And toilet paper is pretty fragile. I bet it would break under its own weight just trying to drag it along the ground to get it laid out straight in the first place. Anyway, it would be good to understand the technique used to make the first few folds. Once the thing was only 8 or 10 feet long I guess it wouldn't be too hard to fold it two or three more times, but the first eight or nine folds must have involved some very fancy footwork. DavidCBryant 00:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mystery Solved
She used a large indoor mall and crawled around on her hands and knees for hours. That's dedicaton. I believe this is all discussed in her book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.104.12.63 (talk) 04:29, August 30, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Did not use paper
She used toilet paper and gold leaf, she did not use actual paper. Just to be clear JayKeaton 09:04, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Did use paper
She did use "toilette paper" however this is still paper and it was an unperforated commercial roll. Furthermore she broke the limit of 8 folds with other papers but used the toilette paper for the 12 fold record. On another note the problem was that it was thought that nothing could be folded more than 7 or 8 times and she came up with a formula for folding any material.
