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Re: New book on flexagons

robin_moseley — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:40:42 GMT

Great! I look forward to seeing this new book. I will be happy to advertise on flexagon.net when it is getting close to publication. 100 nets will keep us

Re: New book on flexagons

toppingleslie — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:22:55 GMT

Timescales are vague at present. I hope that it will be out early next year Les Pook ... you give us any estimates on when it will be out? Looking forward to

Re: New book on flexagons

Scott Sherman — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:29:06 GMT

Cool, I was wondering how your latest book was coming along. Can you give us any estimates on when it will be out? Looking forward to it. Scott Sherman ...

New book on flexagons

Les Pook — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:43:21 GMT

I am writing a new book on flexagons, and have an agreement with Springer for its publication in their 'Solid Mechanics and its Applications' series. A brief

Re: Russian Flexagon article

Robin C. Moseley — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:18:04 GMT

These directions work great! I was able to make the flexagon in just a few minutes by cutting between the 2 and 6 first. I also folded another one without

Re: Russian Flexagon article

toppingleslie — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:43:57 GMT

I made it as follows. Make the net as shown in the sketches (Fig 1), with the cross slit in the centre. Enter the numbers on the left hand sketch. Turn the net

Re: Russian Flexagon article

Robin C. Moseley — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:43:52 GMT

I cannot read Russian, but these diagrams are fairly good in the article. Notice that there are dots by the numbers placed in different corners. These dots

Re: Russian Flexagon article

Bohan Yu — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:26:25 GMT

Hi How do you make the flexagon on page 2? Bohan --- On Tue, 6/5/08, robin_moseley wrote: From: robin_moseley

Russian Flexagon article

robin_moseley — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:08:56 GMT

For those interested in flexagons made from squares, I was just sent a scan of a ~1970 article from the journal, Nauka i Zhizn (Science and Life, Russian:

Eight Faced Hexaflexagons

robin_moseley — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:39:54 GMT

I finished posting all the 8 faced hexaflexagon maps and face numbered frieze patterns. They can be found as a link from the hexaflexagon menu drop down on

OctaHexaFlexagon Maps & Frieze patterns

robin_moseley — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:42:09 GMT

I posted detailed maps and frieze patterns for flexagons of 8 faces and under on www.flexagon.net. Click on the Hexaflexagon pull down menu for links to the

Re: Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure

Robin C. Moseley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:41:57 GMT

I believe this question of enantiomorphs as it relates to the Conrad and Hartline method for Hexaflexagon construction has an easy answer. If one takes and

Re: Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure

Robin C. Moseley — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:25:50 GMT

Thanks for the comments Les. Good point about inside loops, I have added a rule concerning the arrangement of the mapping triangles to the article. I am

Re: Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure

Bohan Yu — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:35:15 GMT

Great, very easy to understand! Bohan robin_moseley wrote: I wrote up a Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure based on the 1962 papers of

Re: Hexaflexagon Construction Procedure

toppingleslie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:35:10 GMT

Robin I like it. The instructions are easy to follow, but I have a couple of comments. Firstly, a hexaflexagon is a twisted band so exists as an enantiomorphic