Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications
The V-Flex, Triangle Orientation and Catalan Numbers in Hexaflexagons
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2012
Publication Title
College Mathematics Journal
DOI
10.4169/college.math.j.43.1.006
ISSN
1931-1346
Abstract
Regular hexaflexagons mysteriously change faces as you pinch flex them. This paper describes a different flex, the V-flex, which allows the hexahexaflexagon (with only 9 faces under the pinch flex) to have 3420 faces. The article goes on to explain the classification of triangle orientations in a hexaflexagon and to give an example of flexagon combinatorics.
Recommended Citation
Iacob, Ionut E., T. Bruce McLean, Hua Wang.
2012.
"The V-Flex, Triangle Orientation and Catalan Numbers in Hexaflexagons."
College Mathematics Journal, 43 (1): 6-10.
doi: 10.4169/college.math.j.43.1.006
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/math-sci-facpubs/62
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