More inspiration from the terrific MoMath talk by Erik Demaine on Math and Origami: during some explorations of the one-cut problem, a student produced this, which we all agreed was beautiful.
This isn’t the only accidental paper art we discovered.
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My niece took this photograph. We played around with these magnetic polygons for an hour or so, during which time she showed off her arithmetic skills, impressed me with her ability to estimate and verify, and actively engaged me in a rather sophisticated discussion about infinity.
Then she told me, “I don’t like math.”
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This photo reminds me of my favorite theorem from elementary geometry: if you connect the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, the segment is both parallel to, and half the length of, the third side.
You can find out a little more about this theorem here.
