THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS

THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
Icosahedron and a paper dragon
Rade T. Živaljević and Dušan R. Živaljević

Abstract

We report on a mathematical video experiment involving the icosahedron. The animation created for this experiment was originally designed for the ``Živa matematika'' (Math Alive) project sponsored by the Mathematical Institute SASA (Belgrade) and the Belgrade Center for Promotion of Science. One of the motivations for the experiment was to create a simple, combinatorial geometric environment, involving a sequential blueprint that generates an icosahedron, in hope that this may eventually shed some new light on the mathematics behind the morphogenesis of icosahedral shapes in nature.

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Keywords: Icosaherdon; Hamiltonian path.

DOI: 10.57016/TM-AYFS1505

Pages:  118$-$124     

Volume  XXVIII ,  Issue  2 ,  2025