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I was reading on wikipedia when i stumbled through this article on paper folding which said:
Paper folds can be constructed to solve square roots and cube roots; fourth-degree polynomial equations can also be solved by paper folds. The full scope of paper-folding-constructible algebraic numbers (e.g. whether it encompasses fifth or higher degree polynomial roots) remains unknown.
fascinated, i started looking for what they meant by this; are they really saying you can solve z^5 = 1 just by paper fodling? then again, i couldn't find any resources on this notion. could anyone care to explain? thanks again
Paper folds can be constructed to solve square roots and cube roots; fourth-degree polynomial equations can also be solved by paper folds. The full scope of paper-folding-constructible algebraic numbers (e.g. whether it encompasses fifth or higher degree polynomial roots) remains unknown.
fascinated, i started looking for what they meant by this; are they really saying you can solve z^5 = 1 just by paper fodling? then again, i couldn't find any resources on this notion. could anyone care to explain? thanks again