What Can We Learn from Non-Euclidean Paper?
Proceedings of Bridges 2023: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture
Pages 219–226
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Abstract
The author introduces a technique using 3D printing and vacuum forming for producing paper-like plastic sheets endowed with non-Euclidean geometry. He then explores a number of potential applications of this non-Euclidean “paper” to education and illustration of concepts from geometry including Gaussian curvature, surface isometries, constructability in non-Euclidean geometries, and more.