Talk:Mathematics of paper folding

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[edit] To-do list for mathematical origami

I know that this talk page is not very Wiki-fied; I'm not terribly knowledgeable about how it all is supposed to look.

The biggest need on this page is for expansion. There's a lot more material about the mathematics of origami out there. Someone definitely needs to write an article about flat foldability and Kawasaki's proof.

A little detail is that names should not be preceded by title ("Dr."). That just isn't the convention; I have never seen a Wikipedia article that did that.

Some of the articles at the bottom of the page (esp. the ones about Britney Gallivan) need to have cross-references in the body of the article (e.g. superscript 1, superscript 2, etc.).

It looks like this article covers several topics (e.g. rigid origami) which could be split off into separate articles. Flat-foldability needs a separate article (Origami treats it as if it needs a separate article). I linked these.

Perhaps this article should be organized around branches of mathematics that touch on origami. Moreover, more attention should be given to the effects of mathematical investigation on the art of origami. --Whiteknox 01:31, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I too have seen the extent of origami mathematics, especially in Peter Engel's book Origami from Angelfish to Zen. Unfortunately I am not the one to ask about the mathematics of origami either. There are several algorithms for paperfolding as well in Robert J. Lang's book Origami Design Secrets. If only we had someone correctly explain some of the concepts listed in these resources...--Origamikid (talk) 19:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps this article could go more in depth in the connections origami has with real world applications, and display some of the more basic algorithms that are found in the subject such as the division of paper formula. Also, this article should explain how mathematics are applied to the designing of origami models. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.251.40.133 (talk) 02:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Who is Harry Peretest Ickels? Can someone verify and if necessary remove his mention? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.28.103.124 (talk) 21:37, 5 June 2008 (UTC)